Manpreet S  Tiwana

Education

• MD-Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India
• Senior Residency in Radiation Oncology- Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India
• Clinical Research Fellowship in Radiation Oncology- University of British Columbia, BC Cancer Agency, Canada

Clinical Sites:

• Head & Neck
• Genitourinary
• Thoracic
• Breast
• Gynecology

Research & Academic Interests

• Outcomes Assessment
• Stereotactic radiation therapy 
• Oligometastatic cancer

Awards and Honours

• UICC ICRETT Fellowship Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
• Resident Best Paper Award at American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Conference, Toronto
• Parvati Devi Gold Medal for Best Scientific paper at AROI, Chennai, India

Recent publications

• Programmatic Comparison and Dissemination of an Audit of Single-fraction Radiation Therapy Prescribing Practices for Bone Metastases is Associated with a Meaningful and Lasting Change in Practice on a Population Level. Olson R, Chan M, Minhas N, Kandola G, Tiwana M, Lefresne S, Halperin R, Schellenberg D, Wai E, Ahmed N, Tyldesley S.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Oct 1;102(2):325-329
• Utilization of palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases near end of life in a population-based cohort. Tiwana MS, Barnes M, Kiraly A, Olson RA.BMC Palliat Care. 2016 Jan 10;15:2. doi: 10.1186/s12904-015-0072-5.
• Radiation therapy outcomes in muscle invasive urinary bladder cancer: A single institution experience. Tiwana MS, Ni LH, Saini S, Verma SK, Doddamani D, Jain N, Biswas M, Gupta M, Gupta M, Saini M, Chauhan N.Indian J Cancer. 2016 Jan-Mar;53(1):143-6. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.180842.
• 25 year survival outcomes for squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck: population-based outcomes from a Canadian province. Tiwana MS, Wu J, Hay J, Wong F, Cheung W, Olson RA.Oral Oncol. 2014 Jul;50(7):651-6. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.03.009. Epub 2014 Apr 14.
• Superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO) in patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lee HN, Tiwana MS, Saini M, Verma SK, Saini M, Jain N, Gupta M, Chauhan N.Gulf J Oncolog. 2014 Jan;1(15):56-62.
• Outcomes of patients with unresected stage III and stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: A single institution experience. Tiwana MS, Lee HN, Saini S, Verma SK, Gupta M, Gupta M, Jain N, Sindhwani G, Rawat J, Saini M, Chauhan N, Gaur D.Lung India. 2013 Jul;30(3):187-92. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.116250.
• Additional rectal and sigmoid mucosal points and doses in high dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma cervix: a dosimetric study. Mahantshetty U, Tiwana MS, Jamema S, Mishra S, Engineer R, Deshpande D, Shrivastava S.J Cancer Res Ther. 2011 Jul-Sep;7(3):298-303. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.87027.
• Patterns of locoregional treatment of breast cancer among radiation oncologists in India: a practice survey. Budrukkar A, Tiwana M, Jalali R, Munshi A, Sarin R.J Cancer Res Ther. 2010 Oct-Dec;6(4):530-6. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.77065.