Dr.Aruna Prabhu - Thangam Cancer Center

Dr. Aruna Prabhu
MS, MCh.

Consultant Surgical Oncologist

She previouly served as a Senior Registrar at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, , a pivotal experience in a leading cancer institution. Following this, she took on the role of Senior Consultant Oncology at Thangam Hospital and Thangam Cancer Centre in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.

  • HBNI Fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, India.
  • Asian School of Peritoneal Surface Oncology Fellowship at Tokushukai Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
  • Fellowship in Peritoneal Surface Oncology at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, UK.
  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Rajamanickam D, Poladia B, Rajamanickam K, Kathiresan N, Shuba C. Closing the cancer care gap in India. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2022 Jul.

  • Mishra D, Prabhu A, Rajamanickam S, Poladia B, Kaushal R. First report of a low-grade pseudomyxoma peritonei originating from gall bladder. Visc Med. 2020 Oct.

  • Mishra D, Prabhu A, Rajamanickam S, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Retrospective analysis of patients with signet ring subtype of colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastasis treated with CRS & HIPEC. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Sep.

  • Mishra D, Prabhu A, Rajamanickam S, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Neoadjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei: a novel treatment approach. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug.

  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Dual cancer: Papillary and signet ring cell carcinoma, arising in a patient operated for choledochal cyst: an unusual histological finding. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2020 Jun.

  • Mishra D, Prabhu A, Rajamanickam S, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Neoadjuvant oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy leads to increased oxaliplatin resistance in patients with peritoneally metastasized colorectal cancer treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Br J Surg. 2020. Accepted for publication.

  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Poladia B, Kaushal R. The pathological peritoneal cancer index (PCI) strongly differs from the surgical PCI in peritoneal metastases arising from various primary tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Feb.

  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Long-term survival after cytoreductive surgery combined with perioperative chemotherapy in gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jan.

  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Effects of cytoreductive surgery combined with perioperative chemotherapy on long-term survival of colorectal cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis with special reference to the involved peritoneal sectors and organs. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2019 Dec.

  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Target region resection in patients undergoing surgery for peritoneal metastasis: Is it necessary in absence of visible disease? Eur J Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov.

  • Mishra D, Rajamanickam S, Prabhu A, Poladia B, Kaushal R. Pathological assessment of cytoreductive surgery.
Surgical Expertise Education & Training Fellowships Publications

Surgical Expertise

She previouly served as a Senior Registrar at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, a pivotal experience in a leading cancer institution. Following this, she took on the role of Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Thangam Hospital and Thangam Cancer Centre in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

Fellowships

  • HBNI Fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, India.
  • Asian School of Peritoneal Surface Oncology Fellowship at Tokushukai Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
  • Fellowship in Peritoneal Surface Oncology at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, UK.

Publications

  • Robotic Anterolateral Approach for Left Secondary Carinal Tumor Resection and Reconstruction. D J Aaron. A Prabu, D Mishra, S Varadarajan, S Rajamanickam., CTSNet., January 2026

  • The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies—Gastric Cancer Peritoneal Metastases. Aruna Prabhu, Vivek Sukumar, Aditi Bhatt, Manish Bhandare, Swapnil Patel, Rohit Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, P. S. Somashekhar, Shivendra Singh, Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri. Indian J Surg Oncol. Original Article. Published: 06 November 2025.

  • The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies-Mucinous Appendiceal Neoplasms and Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. Peritonei. Vivekanand Sharma, Somashekhar Sp, Rohit Kumar, Swapnil Patel, Vivek Sukumar, Aruna Prabhu, Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri, Aditi Bhatt. Indian J Surg Oncol2025 Dec;16(6):1653-1672.doi: 10.1007/s13193-025-02265-0. Epub 2025 Mar 13.

  • CRS And HIPEC In Rare Histologies And Infrequent Indications: A Single Centre Experience. A Prabhu, S Rajamanickam, B Poladia, D Rajamanickam, K Rajamanickam, Subha C, Mahalakshmi, D Mishra., 15th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. Barcelona 2025, 29th- 31st October 2025.

  • Closing the Peritoneal Surface Care Gap in India., D Mishra, S Rajamanickam, B Poladia, D Rajamanickam, K Rajamanickam, Subha C, Mahalakshmi, A Prabhu., 15th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. Barcelona 2025, 29th- 31st October 2025.

  • Staging Laparoscopy before Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer – Can It Guide the Extent of Peritonectomy During Interval Cytoreductive Surgery? D Mishra, S Rajamanickam, B Poladia, D Rajamanickam, K Rajamanickam, Subha C, Mahalakshmi, A Prabhu. 15th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. Barcelona 2025, 29th- 31st October 2025.

  • Cost-benefit analysis of PIPAC versus IP/IV treatment for patients with un-resectable peritoneal metastasis. A Prabhu, S Rajamanickam, B Poladia, D Rajamanickam, K Rajamanickam, Subha C, Mahalakshmi, D Mishra., 15th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. Barcelona 2025, 29th- 31st October 2025.

  • Co-relation of Educational Status and Cancer Stage at the Time of Diagnosis: Experience of a Tertiary Care Center in India. Deepti Mishra, KC Keerthana Sri, K Saravana Rajamanickam, Aruna Prabhu. J Oncology. 2025; 5(2): 1192.

  • The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies—Methodology. Swapnil Patel, Vivek Sukumar, Somashekhar S. P., Geetu Bhandoria, Ambarish Chatterjee, Suryanarayana V. S. Deo, Niharika Garach, Arvind Guru, Neha Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Ashwin K. Rajagopal, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanket Mehta, Deepti Mishra, Ajinkya Pawar, Aruna Prabhu, Snita Sinukumar, Sohan Solanki, Vivekanand Sharma, Ramakrishnan Ayaloor Sheshadri, Aditi Bhatt. Indian J Surg Oncol. Original Article. Published: 28 October 2024. Volume 16, pages 651–659, (2025).

  • Stromal Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) as a prognostic biomarker in Ovarian Cancer After Neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer After Neoadjuvant chemotherapy. SSinukumar, M Kazi, NJumle, LSKumard, D Damodaran, Sajna PV, Shuba C, M Trivedi, T Chachhodwala, H Chandran, A Prabhu, DSankaralingam, ABhatt. November 2025. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 52(1):111193. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2025.111193.

  • Impact of the Methodology of Breast Cancer Screening Camps: A Community Based Observational Study. Parthasarathy M, Mishra D, Prabhu A, Jayarani S, Palanivel G. Impact of the Methodology of Breast Cancer Screening Camps: A Community Based Observational Study. J Oncology. 2024; 4(2): 1144.

  • Cytoreductive Surgery With or Without HIPEC in the Management of Peritoneal Dissemination from Rare Histological Subtypes of Ovarian Cancer — a Retrospective Study by INDEPSO. Snita Sinukumar, Dileep Damodaran, Mukurdipi Ray, Aruna Prabhu, Ninad Katdare, et al. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2023 Jun;14 (Suppl 1):74-81.doi: 10.1007/s13193-022-01640-5. Epub 2022 Sep 7.

  • Gastric Cancer With Peritoneal Metastasis—A Comprehensive Review of Current Intraperitoneal Treatment Modalities. Aruna Prabhu, Deepti Mishra, Andreas Brandl, Yutaka Yonemura. Front Oncol. 2022 May 26:12:864647. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.864647. eCollection 2022.

  • Closing the Cancer Care Gap in India. Mishra D, Saravana Rajamanickam, Prabhu A, Rajamanickam D, Poladia B, Rajamanickam K, Kathiresan N, Shuba C. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2022.

  • Effect of Menopausal Status on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Single-Institution Retrospective Audit. Akshita Singh, Nita S. Nair, Sudeep Gupta, Vani Parmar, Aruna Prabhu, Rohini Hawaldar, et al. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2022; 43 (01): 068-072. doi: 10.1055/s-0042 – 1742660.

  • Intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the treatment of gastric cancer peritoneal metastases: an overview of common therapeutic regimens. Andreas Brandl, Aruna Prabhu. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2021 Apr; 12(Suppl 1): S32–S44.doi: 10.21037/jgo-2020-04.

  • Effect of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy on chemosensitivity in patients with peritoneal metastasis from colorectal cancer treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: proof-of-concept study. A Prabhu, A Brandl, S Wakama, S Sako, H Ishibashi, A Mizumoto, et al. BJS Open. 2021 Mar 5;5(2): zraa075. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zraa075.

  • First Report of a Low-Grade Pseudomyxoma peritonei Originating from Gall Bladder. Aruna Prabhu, Andreas Brandl, Satoshi Wakama, Shouzou Sako, Haruki Ishibashi, Eisei Nishino, et al. Visc Med. 2021 Jun; 37(3): 222–225.Published online 2020 Oct 7. doi: 10.1159/000510485.

  • Retrospective Analysis of Patients with Signet Ring Subtype of Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis Treated with CRS & HIPEC. Aruna Prabhu, Andreas Brandl, Satoshi Wakama, Shouzou Sako, Haruaki Ishibashi, Akiyoshi Mizumoto, et al. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Sep 7;12(9):2536. doi: 10.3390/cancers12092536.

  • SPSO/INDEPSO annual meeting abstracts. Aditi Bhatt, Praveen Kammar, Jitender Rohila, Mukurdipi Ray, Snita Sinukumar, Abraham Peedicayil, Aruna Prabhu et al. Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 11(S1) September 202011(S1). doi:10.1007/s13193-020-01180-w.

  • Neoadjuvant Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in Patients with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei—A Novel Treatment Approach. Aruna Prabhu, Andreas Brandl, Satoshi Wakama, Shouzou Sako, Haruaki Ishibashi, Akiyoshi Mizumoto, et al. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug 7;12(8):2212. doi:10.3390/cancers12082212.

  • Dual Cancer: Papillary and Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, Arising in a Patient Operated for Choledochal Cyst: an Unusual Histological Finding. Aruna Prabhu, Andreas Brandl, Wakama Satoshi, Shouzou Sako, Haruaki Ishibashi, Akiyoshi Mizumoto, et al. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2020 Sep; 11(Suppl 1): 143–147.Published online 2020 Jun 6. doi: 10.1007/s13193-020-01092-9.

  • The Pathologic Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) Strongly Differs From the Surgical PCI in Peritoneal Metastases Arising From Various Primary Tumors. Aditi Bhatt, Yutaka Yonemura, Sanket Mehta, Nazim Benzerdjeb, Praveen Kammar, Loma Parikh, et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug;27(8):2985-2996.doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08234-x. Epub 2020 Feb 10.

  • Long Term Survival after Cytoreductive Surgery Combined with Perioperative Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Metastasis. Yutaka Yonemura, Aruna Prabhu, Shouzou Sako, Haruaki Ishibashi, Akiyoshi Mizumoto, Nobuyuki Takao, et al.Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jan 1;12(1):116. doi: 10.3390/cancers12010116.

  • Effects of Cytoreductive Surgery Combined with Perioperative Chemotherapy on Long-Term Survivals of Colorectal Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Metastasis, with Special Reference to the Involved Peritoneal Sectors and Organs. Yutaka Yonemura, Aruna Prabhu, Shouzou Sako, Haruaki Ishibashi, Masamitsu Hirano, Akiyoshi Mizumoto, et al. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2019 Dec;46(13):1917-1921.

  • Target region resection in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal metastases-is it necessary in absence of visible disease. Aditi Bhatt, Yutaka Yonemura, Sanket Mehta, Nazim Benzerdjeb, Praveen Kammar, Loma Parikh, Aruna Prabhu et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 Apr;46(4 Pt A):582-589. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.11.495. Epub 2019 Nov 14.

  • Pathological assessment of cytoreductive surgery specimens and its unexplored prognostic potential-a prospective multi-centric study. Aditi Bhatt, Yutaka Yonemura, Nazim Benzerdjeb, Sanket Mehta, Suniti Mishra, Loma Parikh, Aruna Prabhu et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec;45 (12):2398-2404. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.07.019. Epub 2019 Jul 16.

  • A versatile method for enumeration and characterization of circulating tumor cells from patients with breast cancer. Ujjwala Mayukh Warawdekar, Vani Parmar, Aruna Prabhu, Abhay Kulkarni, Meenal Choudhary, Rajendra Badwe. Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment, February 2017. 3. DOI:10.20517/2394-4722.2016.66.

  • Re-Excision after Unplanned Resection of Non-metastatic Non- Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Children: Comparison with Planned Excision. Sajid S Qureshi, Aruna Prabhu, Monica Bhagat, Seema Kembhavi, Tushar Vora, Girish Chinnaswamy, et al. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Aug;52(8):1340-1343. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.01.006. Epub 2017 Jan 21.

  • Pseudoaneurysms Masquerading as Malignant Bone Tumours. Suman Byregowda, Ajay Puri, Ashish Gulia, Aruna Prabhu, and Amit Janu. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 May; 10(5): XD03–XD05.Published online 2016 May 1. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18551.7852.

  • Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma. Aruna Prabhu, Monica Bhagat, Mukta Ramadwar, Sajid S. Qureshi. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2016 Apr- Jun; 21(2): 84–86. doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.176969.

  • Post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy sentinel node biopsy and axillary sampling for node negative (N0) axilla. Vani Parmar, Nita S. Nair, Rohini W Hawaldar, Vaibhav Vanmali, Aruna Laxman Prabhu, Rucha Vishal Kaushik, et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 30, Number 15_suppl, https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.1108.

  • Does progesterone protect from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy? A retrospective audit of breast cancer patients. Aruna Prabhu, Akshita Singh, Rucha Vishal Kaushik, Nita S. Nair, Vaibhav Vanmali, Sudeep Gupta et al. May 2012 Journal of Clinical Oncology 30(15_suppl):e11552-e11552, DOI:10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.e11552.

  • Post mastectomy radiotherapy in one to three lymph node positive breast cancer. Anusheel Munshi, Aruna Prabhu, Ian Kunkler. Acta Oncologica. Volume 51, 2012 – Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.3109/0284186X.2011.633929.

  • ‘Rapunzel Syndrome with perforation in an adult’ MASICON 2009.

  • ‘Acid corrosive ingestion resulting in gastric, splenic and pancreatic necrosis’ MASICON 2009.

  • ‘Primary malignant Gastric carcinoid tumor with adenocarcinoma invading transverse colon’ Bombay Hospital Journal 2007.
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