Dr. Ritika Harjani Hinduja

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Dr. Ritika Harjani Hinduja is an internationally acclaimed Radiation Oncologist working as Full Time Jr. Consultant at P. D. Hinduja hospital, Mumbai.

After finishing her MBBS from prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (Sion Hospital), she underwent her Radiation Oncology MD training at M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore. She then went on to work as Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology at ‘The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute’, tertiary cancer care centre in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. GCRI is one of the busiest cancer treatment centres in the country.

Dr. Hinduja has further pursued an International fellowship in Extra-cranial Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) at Ottawa, Canada where she gained expertise in state of art treatment technologies. She has also done FRCR in Clinical Oncology from London UK and is a UK registered Clinical Oncologist.

She has been working at P.D. Hinduja hospital since 2019. She is well trained and performs high precision radiation oncology treatments. She also has a special interest in Cancer Genetics and has gained experience form attending the Cancer genetics clinic at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.  

Specialities
Radiation Oncology
Centre for Cancer Care
First name
Ritika Harjani
Last name
Hinduja
Designation
Jr. Consultant - Radiation Oncology
Qualifications
MBBS, MD, DNB, FRCR (Clinical Oncology), Fellowship (Extra cranial SBRT) Ottawa, Canada
Areas of expertise
• Radiation therapy for breast cancers head and neck cancers, cancers of oesophagus, rectum and anal canal, gynaecologic malignancies (uterus and cervix cancer)
• Various treatment modalities for breast cancer- including 4D- gated, Deep inspiratory breath hold (DIBH), prone breast radiotherapy
• Expert in stereotactic Body RadioTherapy (SBRT) for lung, liver and prostate cancers
• SRS for brain tumours
• IMRT/VMAT/SBRT/SRS
• Brachytherapy
• Cancer Genetics
Professional Affiliations
  • Member of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI)
  • Member of Indian College of Radiation Oncology (ICRO)
  • Member of Indian Brachytherapy Society (IBS)
  • Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
Publications

Original articles

  • Hinduja RH, George K, Barthwal M, Pareek V. Radiation oncology in times of COVID-2019: A review article for those in the eye of the storm - An Indian perspective. Semin Oncol. 2020 Jul 13:S0093-7754(20)30078-6. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.07.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32819712; PMCID: PMC7357513.
  • Harjani RR, Janaki MG, Krishnaswamy UM. Comprehensive Assessment of Somnolence Syndrome in patients undergoing radiation to the brain. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2016 Nov-Dec; 21(6): 560–566
  • Harjani RR, Janaki MG, Krishnaswamy UM, Alva RC, Ponni A, Koushik K, Somashekar MK, Kannan RA, Murthy AS. Epworth Sleepiness Scale- a novel tool to assess somnolence syndrome post radiotherapy to brain. Int J Cancer Ther Oncol 2015; 3(1):03014
  • Ritika R. Harjani, Manur G. Janaki, Mohankumar Somashekhar, Arul Ponni, Ram C. Alva, Kirthi Koushik, Kannan RA, Arvind Sathyamurthy. Feasibility of Concurrent Chemoradiation in Cervical Cancer Patients From Rural Background. Clinical Ovarian and Other Gynecologic Cancer, Vol. 7, No. 1/2, 29-32.
  • Ritika HH. Dose escalation with brachytherapy in nasopharyngeal cancers- an under utilized tool. Canc Therapy & Oncol Int J. 2017; 4(4).555642
  • Pooja Nandwani Patel, Sumit Goyal, Mehul Gohil, Ritika Harjani Hinduja, U. Suryanarayana. High risk and poor prognostic features determining aggressiveness of disease in post operative locally advanced cases of oral cavity carcinoma: an institutional experience. Asian Pac. J. Health Sci., 2015; 2(4S):32-35
  • Harjani RG, Hinduja RH, Iyer AK. Intracranial lymphoma in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients: A diagnostic dilemma?. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2022;43:82-4
  • Harjani R, Hinduja RH. Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy, Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis, and assisted reproductive techniques for the conception of a seronegative baby in HIV sero-discordant couples: A retrospective analysis. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2021;42:87-9
  • Prakash, Umbarkar; Venkatesan, Kannan; Sudesh, Deshpande; Nikhil, Elenjickal; Suresh, Naidu; Omkar, Jadhav; Ritika, Hinduja; Rohit, Kabre; Sandeep, Shinde; Walmik, Mistari. Evaluation of cancer patient satisfaction during COVID-19 pandemic: A survey conducted at a tertiary care center in India. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 17(6):p 1540-1546, Oct–Dec 2021. | DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_1720_20
  • Kannan RA, Janaki MG, Ponni ATR, AS Kirthi Koushik, Alva Ram Charith, S Mohan Kumar, Harjani Ritika, Arvind S. Analysis of late radiation proctitis among patients treated for cervical cancer: A Comparative study between linear accelerator and cobalt teletherapy. Clinical Ovarian and Gynaecological cancer 2014;6(1):46-49.
  • Kannan Venkatesan, Vivek Anand, Sudesh Deshpande, Prakash Umbarkar, Ritika Hinduja et al.,COVID-19 infection and its impact on cancer patients receving radiation therapy: Prevalance, protection and clinical effects. J Radiat Cancer Res, 2021
  • Sathyamurthy, A., Koushik, A.S.K., Gowri, M… Ritika Harjani. Impact of Molecular Predictors on the Response Rates in Head and Neck Cancer Patients – an Observational Study. Indian J Surg Oncol 7, 380–385 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-016-0524-2
  • Kannan RA, Janaki MG, Ponni TR, Kirthi Koushik AS, Mohankumar S, Ram Charith Alva, Ritika Harjani, Arvind S. Comparison of manual and inverse optimisation techniques in high dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy of cervical cancer: A dosimetric study. Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Kannan V, Deshpande S, Anand V, Naidu S, Chauhan K, Chougle N, Harjani Hinduja R*. Can physical parameters from radiation simulation scan with deep inspiratory breath hold predict magnitude of heart dose reduction? J Can Res Ther 2023

 

Case reports

  • Saha S, Goyal S, Harjani RH, Patel PN, Suryanarayana U. Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour of Buccal Mucosa with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report. International Journal of Scientific Research November - 2017; Volume: VI (Issue: XI)
  • Saheli Saha, Ritika Harjani Hinduja, Vandana Dahiya, Jagrutiben G. Koladiya, Prerak Agarwal, Antony Prestine K.P, U. Suryanarayana K. Treatment of carcinosarcoma of palatine tonsil with chemoradiotherapy: a management dilemma. Paripex-Indian Journal of Research 2017; 6(7), 54-55
  • Antony Prestine, Ritika Harjani Hinduja, U Suryanarayana, Prerak Agrawal, saheli Saha,  jagruti Koladiya. A case report of cutaneous metastasis in carcinoma hypopharynx. Indian  Journal of Research 2017; 6(11):624-625.
  • Ponni A, Jagannatha A,  Gururajachar  J,  Harjani  R,  Koushik  K,  Subramanian  N,  Sowmya  R, Varma R. Primary cerebello-pontine angle melanoma: a case report. Int  J  Cancer  Ther  Oncol 2014; 2(3):020315. DOI: 10.14319/ijcto.0203.15
  • Kannan RA, Koushik K, Muniyappa U, Harjani R, Arvind S. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of buccal mucosa: An oncological surprise. American Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 10, 222-224
  • Murthy AS, Manur JG,  Ponni  ATR,  Koushik  KAS,  Alva  RC,  Somashekar  MK,  Kannan  RA, Harjani RR. A case of endometrial carcinoma  with  age  related  hyperkyphosis  treated with definitive radiotherapy. Int J Cancer Ther Oncol 2015; 3(1):03016.

 

Abstracts published

  • Zheng J, Harjani Hinduja R, Pantarotto JR, Cook G, Nair V, MacRae RM. Outcome differences between early stage adenocarcinoma and squamous cell lung carcinoma lung cancers treated with SBRT. Results of a large Canadian single center retrospective analysis. IJROBP September 1, 2019. Volume 105, Issue 1, Supplement, Pages E544–E545
  • Harjani R, Janaki MGComparison between ICRU reference  points  and  dose  volume  histogram parameters for Bladder and rectum in intracavitary brachytherapy  for  carcinoma cervix. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. Nov, 2014, Volume 10- Suppl 1.
  • R Harjani Hinduja, J Zheng, G Cook, R M MacRae, J Pantarotto. Stereotactic body radiotherapy for central early non small cell cancers- Yes! Its possible. April 2019. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133:S756. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31806-7
  • R Harjani Hinduja, J Zheng, J Pantarotto, RM MacRae. Managing isolated local/regional recurrences after SBRT for inoperable early lung tumors -a dilemma. April 2019. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133:S756. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31807-9
  • Jack Zheng, Ritika Hinduja, Jason Pantarotto, Graham Cook, Robert MacRae . Stereotactic body radiation treatment of synchronous early stage non-small cell lung cancers. Radiotherapy and Oncology- CARO-ASM 2019
  • Harjani Hinduja R, Seely J, Gupta A, Nair V, MacRae RM. Feasibility and outcomes of Radiofrequency ablation      as salvage modality after hypofractionated radiation/SBRT for early NSCLC. October 2018 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 13(10):S838 (presented at World Conference for Lung Cancers, September 2018, Toronto, Canada)
  • P Umbarkar, R Harjani Hinduja, et al. Rectal volumes comparison in prostate cancer radiotherapy treated before and after noon in 1140 CBCTs (Green Journal)
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