Medical Oncologist & Hemato-Oncologist

Dr. Anup Toshniwal

MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Medical Oncology – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai)

Dr. Anup Toshniwal is a medical oncologist trained at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He treats all solid cancers and blood cancers with chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, and performs procedures such as bone marrow biopsy and intrathecal chemotherapy.

Areas of expertise

Chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy for all solid cancers
Breast, lung, gastrointestinal, gall bladder, head & neck, gynaecological and urological cancers
Lymphoma, leukaemia and myeloma (hemato-oncology)
Bone marrow aspiration & biopsy, lumbar puncture, intrathecal chemotherapy
Second opinions and tumour board review

Education

MBBS – Government Medical College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
MD (General Medicine) – Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
DM (Medical Oncology) – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
ESMO certification – European Society for Medical Oncology
ACORD Fellow – Clinical Oncology Research Development workshop, Australia

Positions

Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist – Medicover Hospital, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Associate Professor – Government Cancer Hospital, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Former Assistant Professor – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
Teaching faculty for DM (Medical Oncology) and MD (Medicine) courses
Director – Shree We Care Clinic

Publications

Downstaging with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gall bladder cancer improves outcomes – Annals of Oncology
Toxicity and early outcomes of regorafenib in multiply pre-treated metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma – experience from a tertiary cancer centre in India
Modified 5-FU / leucovorin / irinotecan as a feasible and efficacious second-line regimen in advanced gastric cancer
Quality-of-life (Q-TWiST) analysis of a randomised trial comparing cabazitaxel versus docetaxel in recurrent head and neck cancer
Efficacy of artesunate for cytomegalovirus reactivation in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
Use of leflunomide for cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
NUT midline carcinoma (case report)
Bleomycin-induced skin rash (case report)