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Why changes in your bowel habits should not be ignored
Published: 04 Feb 2026
In India, colorectal or large intestinal cancer is the 5th-6th most common cancer, and its incidence has been steadily rising over the last decade, especially among young adults. Dr Chintamani Godbole Specialist Colorectal Cancer Surgeon, says…
Honour for KEM doc who saved Cama employee
Published: 03 Dec 2008
MUMBAI: Donning a white coat, 24-year-old Chintamani Godbole is like any of his fellow resident doctors toiling away at work. A surgery resident at civic-run KEM Hospital, Godbole has, however, been singled out by hospital officials for his contribution during….
Woman’s deep endometriosis needed 3 surgeons, 1 robotic arm..
Published: 18 Dec 2025
Mumbai: Due to endometriosis, a painful condition that affects 1 in 10 women, a Congolese woman underwent a 12-hour surgery performed by surgeons from three different specialties using a robotic arm in a city hospital…
Articles
Early Detection Makes Colon Cancer 90% Curable: Dr. Chintamani Godbole – CancerMitr
Published: 26 August 2025
Colorectal cancer is a commonly reported cancer worldwide. Though the incidence rate is low in India when compared to overseas, the number of cases has witnessed an increase over the past few decades. To learn about colorectal cancer, the CancerMitr team conversed with oncosurgeon Dr Chintamani Godbole.
Reforming Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meetings: Introducing a Novel Clinical Radiological Assessment Meeting (CRAM) to Reduce Response Times and Workloads
Published: 17 February 2025
Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings are now considered part of the standard of care for decision-making and management of patients with cancer. However, most MDTs now face capacity issues and supplementary approaches should be considered. We report our experience with a novel clinical radiological assessment meeting (CRAM) as a ‘mini-MDT’ to expedite decision-making and enhance the function of the parallel specialist MDT.
Godbole, C., Memon, A.A. & Carr, N.J. ASO Author Reflections: Discordant Pathology in Pseudomyxoma Peritonei and Its Impact on Survival following Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol (2021).
Published: 05 November 2021
Overall Survival is More Closely Associated with Peritoneal than Primary Appendiceal Pathological Grade in Pseudomyxoma Peritonei with Discordant Pathology
Published: 03 November 2021
The WHO classification of mucinous appendix neoplasms and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) describes low- and high-grade histology and is of prognostic importance. The metastatic peritoneal disease grade can occasionally be different from the primary appendix tumor. This analysis aimed to report outcomes from a high-volume center in patients with pathological discordance.
ASO Visual Abstract: Overall Survival is More Closely Associated with Peritoneal than Primary Appendiceal Pathological Grade in Pseudomyxoma Peritonei with Discordant Pathology
Published: 06 January 2022
In pseudomyxoma peritonei, discordance between the histological grade of the primary appendix tumour and the
peritoneal disease has been described.
ASO Author Reflections: Discordant Pathology in Pseudomyxoma Peritonei and Its Impact on Survival following Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Published: 05 November 2021
Impact of socioeconomic deprivation on short-term outcomes and long-term overall survival after colorectal resection for cancer
Published: 12 November 2019
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of socioeconomic deprivation on short-term outcomes and long-term overall survival following major resection of colorectal cancer (CRC) at a tertiary hospital in England…
Perianal Paget’s Disease—a Case Report and a Review of Current Diagnosis and Management
Published: 01 September 2016
Paget’s disease is an intraepithelial adenocarcinoma arising from the apocrine gland component of the skin. Paget’s disease is most common in the breast, but extra mammary disease is also seen…
Case-based discussion: an unusual manifestation of diaphragmatic hernia mimicking pneumothorax in an adult male
Published: 29 February 2016
Diaphragmatic hernia is an important cause of emergency hospital admission associated with significant morbidity. It usually results from congenital defect or rupture in the diaphragm due to trauma.