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  1. Rangamani S, Huliyappa D, Kulothungan V, Saravanan S, Murugan PK, Mahadevan R, Packiaseeli CR, Bobby E, Sunitha K, Mallick AK, Nayak SD Swain SK, Behera M, Nath BK, Swami A, Kalwar AK, Difoesa B, Sardana V, Maheshwari D, Bhushan B, Mittal D, Chaurasia RN, Meena LP, Urs KSV, Koli RR, Kumar NS, Mathur P. Stroke incidence, mortality, subtypes in rural and urban populations in five geographic areas of India (2018–2019): results from the National Stroke Registry Programme. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2023 Oct 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100308
  2. Kumari S, Vijaykumar S, Kumar V, Ranjan R, Alti D, Singh V, Ahmed G, Sahoo GC, Pandey K, Kumar A. In silico and in vitro evaluation of the immunogenic potential of Leishmania donovani ascorbate peroxidase and its derived peptides. Acta Tropica. 2024 Dec 1;260:107381.
  3. Srinivas V, Jha P K, Singh S, Sanjay K. Prevalence and predictors of cancer among older adults in india, by place of residence: findings from longitudinal ageing study in india (lasi) wave -1. International Journal of Medicine and Public Health. 2024 Jul-Sep 14:1082-1091
  4. Vijayakumar S, Kumar LL, Borkotoky S, Murali A. The Application of MD Simulation to Lead Identification, Vaccine Design, and Structural Studies in Combat against Leishmaniasis-A Review. Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 2024 Jun 1;24(11):1089-111.
  5. Vijayakumar S, Narayan PK, Kumari S, Ranjan R, Kumar V, Kumar A, Alti D. A review of non-invasive samples and tools in kala-azar diagnosis and test of cure. Experimental Parasitology. 2024 Feb 11:108713.
  6. Hafeez N, Sanjay TV, Puthussery YP, Madhusudan M*, Pornima MK, Kulkarni S, Raj L. Spiritual practices among elderly, prevalence, pattern and associated factors: a community-based study from rural Bengaluru. India. J Col Comm Physicians SL 2023; 29(4): 235-42.
  7. Anwith HS, Ayyappan P, Kiruffi DV, Madhusudan M. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes at a Tuberculosis Unit in Southern India: A Retrospective Observational Study. J Clin Diagn Res 2024; 18(2): 12-14.
  8. Nath A, Barman D, Sharma A, Lahon R; Misra, C. Prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity in Assam, India: Findings from cancer risk factor monitoring survey. Annals of Oncology Research and Therapy 4(1):p 20-25, Jan–Jun 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/aort.aort_3_24
  9. Sarveswaran G, Kulothungan V, Rangamani S, Huliyappa D, Sreekantaiah P. Assessment of burden of prediabetes and diabetes with oral glucose tolerance test in community-based settings of Bengaluru rural district. J Family Med Prim Care 2024;13:3806-14
  10. Stuart RM, Cohen JA, Kerr CC, Mathur P; National Disease Modelling Consortium of India; Abeysuriya RG, Zimmermann M, Rao DW, Boudreau MC, Lee S, Yang L, Klein DJ. HPVsim: An agent-based model of HPV transmission and cervical disease. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Jul 5;20(7):e1012181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012181
  11. Nath A, Taneja R, Thadi YS, Sarveswaran G, Mathur P. A comparative study of incidence, mortality and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for leading cancers in BRICS countries. ecancer 2024;18:1773.
  12. Kulothungan V, Ramamoorthy T, Sarveswaran G, Jadhav SY, Mathur P. Association of Tobacco Use and Cancer Incidence in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JCO Glob Oncol. 2024 Aug;10:e2400152. doi: 10.1200/GO.24.00152. PMID: 39173081.
  13. Kulothungan V, Nongkynrih B, Krishnan A, Mathur P. Ten-year risk assessment for cardiovascular disease & associated factors among adult Indians (aged 40-69 yr): Insights from the National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS). Indian J Med Res, May 2024 159: 429-440.
  14. Ramamoorthy T, Kulothungan V, Mappillairaju B. Topic modeling and social network analysis approach to explore diabetes discourse on Twitter in India. Front Artif Intell. 2024 Feb 12;7:1329185. doi: 10.3389/frai.2024.1329185. PMID: 38410423; PMCID: PMC10895681.
  15. Ramamoorthy T, Kulothungan V, Mappillairaju B. Exploring stroke discourse on Twitter through content and network analysis among Indian users. Sci Rep. 2024 Jul 2;14(1):15204. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65858-9. PMID: 38956217; PMCID: PMC11220040.
  16. Ramamoorthy T, Kulothungan V, Sathishkumar K, Tomy N, Mohan R, Balan S, Mathur P. Burden of cervical cancer in India: estimates of years of life lost, years lived with disability and disability adjusted life years at national and subnational levels using the National Cancer Registry Programme data. Reprod Health. 2024 Jul 29;21(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s12978-024-01837-7. PMID: 39075548
  17. Kulothungan V, Mascarenhas L, Das P, Mathur P. District-level Epidemiology and Sociodemographic Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)-Results the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21). Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews.2024 Jul 31;18 (7): 103085
  18. Nath A, Mathew S, Pant A et al. The clinical effectiveness of telemedicine for managing type 2 diabetes in India: a meta-analysis of the impact of telemedicine with clinic visits. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2024 Jul 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-024-01471-x
  19. Sankarapillai J, Krishnan S, Ramamoorthy T, Sudarshan KL; Mathur P. Descriptive epidemiology of prostate cancer in India, 2012–2019: Insights from the National Cancer Registry Programme. Indian Journal of Urology 40(3):167-173, Jul–Sep 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/iju.iju_27_24
  20. Allemani C, Silva GAE, Mathur P, Coleman MP. The CONCORD-Lancet Global Commission on Cancer. Lancet. 2024 Jul 3:S0140-6736(24)01345-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01345-X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38971176.
  21. Mathur P, Ramamoorthy T, Lakshminarayana SK, Nath A, Mathew S, Rajput GK. Utilization of clinical practice guidelines for cancer care in routine practice and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in India. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1111/ajco.14071
  22. Ramamoorthy T, Nath A, Singh S, Mathew S, Pant A, Sheela S, Kaur G, Sathishkumar K, Mathur P. Assessing the Global Impact of Ambient Air Pollution on Cancer Incidence and Mortality: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. JCO Glob Oncol. 2024 Mar;10:e2300427. doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00427. PMID: 38513187.
  23. Seenappa K, Kulothungan V, Mohan R, Mathur P. District-Wise Heterogeneity in Blood Pressure Measurements, Prehypertension, Raised Blood Pressure, and Their Determinants Among Indians: National Family Health Survey-5. International Journal of Public Health. 2024 Mar 18;69:1606766. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1606766
  24. Kulothungan V, Ramamoorthy T, Sathishkumar K, Mohan R, Tomy N, Miller GJ, Mathur P. Burden of female breast cancer in India: estimates of YLDs, YLLs, and DALYs at national and subnational levels based on the national cancer registry programme. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Mar 4. doi: 10.1007/s10549-024-07264-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38433127.
  25. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2024 Feb 29:S0140-6736(23)02750-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38432237.
  26. Kapoor G, Arora RS, Radhakrishnan V, Nath A, Malhotra P, Cyriac SL, Gangadharan VP, Sadashivudu G, Ramamoorthy T, Sudarshan KL, Mathur P. Profile of Childhood Cancers From Hospital-Based Cancer Registries in India, 2012-19. Indian Pediatr. 2024 Jan 15;61(1):39-44. PMID: 38183250.
  27. Sathishkumar K, Sankarapillai J, Mathew A, Nair RA, Gangane N, Khuraijam S, Barmon D, Pandya S, Majumdar G, Deshmane V, Zomawia E, Bhutia TW, Jerang K, George PS, Maliye S, Laishram R, Das G, Shah A, Debbarma S, Koyande S, Pachuau L, Sherpa A, Jongkey G, Chaturvedi M, Das P, Santhappan S, Mathur P. Breast cancer survival in India across 11 geographic areas under the National Cancer Registry Programme. Cancer. 2024 Jan 6. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35188. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38183671.


  1. Rumgay H, Cabasag C, Offman J, de Camargo Cancela M, Barchuk A, Mathur P, Wang S, Wei W, Sasieni P, Soerjomataram I. International burden of cancer deaths and years of life lost from cancer attributable to four major risk factors: a population-based study in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and United States. eClinicalMedicine. 2023;102289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102289
  2. Chaturvedi M, Nath A, Mathur P. Cancer registration in India: Current status and the road ahead. Ann Oncol Res Ther 2023;3:55-6
  3. Kalkonde YV, Rangamani S, Suwanwela NC, Mathur P, Injety RJ, Sebastian IA, Vijayanand PJ, Chawla ND, Sylaja PN, Sharma M, Pandian JD. Surveillance of stroke: a South-East Asia Region (SEAR) Perspective. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2023 Oct 9;17:100286. doi:10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100298. PMID
  4. Pandian JD, Padma Srivastava MV, Aaron S, Ranawaka UK, Venketasubramanian N, Sebastian IA, Injety RJ, Gandhi DBC, Chawla NS, Vijayanand PJ, Rangamani S, Kalkonde YV. The burden, risk factors and unique etiologies of stroke in South-East Asia Region (SEAR). Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2023 Oct 9;17:100290. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100290. PMID: 37849933; PMCID: PMC10577147
  5. Sathishkumar K, Sankarapillai J, Mathew A , Nair R A, Gangane N, Khuraijam S, Barmon D, Pandya S, Majumdar G, Deshmane V, Zomawia E, Bhutia T W, Jerang K, George P S, Maliye S, Laishram R, Shah A, Debbarma S, Koyande S, Pachuau L, Pradhan P D, Jongkey G, Chaturvedi M, Das P, and Mathur P. Survival of patients with cervical cancer in India – findings from 11 population based cancer registries under National Cancer Registry Programme. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia. 2023; 100296. Published: October 13, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100296
  6. Roshandel G, Badar F, Barchuk A, Roder DM, Sangrajrang S, Mery L, Nobuyuki H, Halimi A, Mathur P, Shrestha G, Mosavi Jarrahi A. REPCAN: Guideline for REporting Population-based CANcer Registry Data. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2023 Sep 22;24(9):3297-3303. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.9.3297. PMID: 37777857.
  7. Nath A, SathishKumar K, Das P, Lakshminarayana SK, Santhappan S, Natarajan S, Karuppasamy S, Narasimhan S, Venkataiah R, Mathur P. Need for accelerating tobacco control in India: findings from the national cancer registry programme. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2022 Sep 12. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000759. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36134614.
  8. Sarveswaran G, Mathur P. Educational interventions to improve participation of communities in cancer screening programs. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2023;6:443-5.
  9. Mathur P, Kulothungan V, Nath A. Urs KSV, Awareness, behavior, and determinants of dietary salt intake in adults: results from the National NCD Monitoring Survey, India. Sci Rep 13, 15890 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42694-x
  10. Kulothungan V, Ramamoorthy T, Mohan R, Mathur P. Assessing progress of India in reduction of premature mortality due to four noncommunicable diseases towards achieving the WHO 25_25 goal and the sustainable development goals. Sustainable Development. 2023;1–11. DOI: https://10.1002/sd.2761
  11. Sankarapillai J, Krishnan S, Ramamoorthy T., Sudarshan K.L, Das P, Chaturvedi M, Mathur P. Epidemiology of cancers among older adults in India: findings from the National Cancer Registry Programme. Public Health. 2023 Oct; 223:230-239.
  12. Nath A, Mathur P, Sudarshan KL, Rajput GK, Mascarenhas L, Arora R et al. An assessment of childhood cancer care services in India-gaps, challenges and the way forward. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2023;(100235):100235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.
  13. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development. Nature, 615 | 30 March 2023
  14. Chaturvedi M, Sathishkumar K, Das P, Sudarshan KL, Stepen S, Monesh V, Mathur P. Descriptive Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancers in India: A Report from National Cancer Registry Programme. Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology.2023, 21:25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-022-00694-1(0123456789().,-volV)(0123456789,-().volV)
  15. Deo SVS, Pramanik R , Chaturvedi M , Nath A , Ghosh J, Majumdar SKS, Salins N, Kadayaprath G, Garg PK, Chaturvedi A, Mathur S, Mathur P. Telemedicine and cancer care in India: promises, opportunities and caveats. Future Sci. OA (2023) FSO821. Published Online:9 Jan 2023 https://doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2022-0001
  16. Amarchand R, Kulothungan V, Krishnan A, Mathur P. Hypertension treatment cascade in India: results from National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey. Journal of Human Hypertension. May 2022.


  1. Nath A, Sathishkumar K, Das P, Sudarshan KL, Mathur P. A clinicoepidemiological profile of lung cancers in India - Results from the National Cancer Registry Programme [published correction appears in Indian J Med Res. 2022 Jan;156(1):168]. Indian J Med Res. 2022;155(2):264-272. doi:10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1364_21 Erratum: A clinicoepidemiological profile of lung cancers in India – Results from the National Cancer Registry Programme. Indian Journal of Medical Research 156(1):p 168, July 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.362038
  2. Sathishkumar K, Chaturvedi M, Das P, Stephen S, Mathur P. Cancer incidence estimates for 2022 & projection for 2025: Result from National Cancer Registry Programme, India. Indian J Med Res. Nov 2022. DOI:10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1821_22
  3. Kaur P, Borah PK, Uike PV, Mohapatra PK, Das NK, Gaigaware P, Tobgay KJ,Tushi A, Zorinsangi, Mazumdar G, Marak B, Pizi D, Chakma T, sugunan AP, Vijayachari P, Bhardwaj RR, Arambam PC, Kutum T, Sharma A, Pal P, Shanmugapriya PC, Manivel P, Kaliyamoorthy N, Chakma J, Mathur P, Dhaliwal RS, Mahanta J, Mehendale SM. Non-communicable diseases as a major contributor to deaths in 12 tribal districts in India. Indian J Med Res 156, August 2022, pp. DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3332_21
  4. Chaturvedi M, Sathishkumar K, Sudarshan KL, Nath A , Das P, Mathur P. Women cancers in India: Incidence, trends and their clinical extent from the National Cancer Registry Programme. Cancer Epidemiology 80 (2022) 102248
  5. Nath A, Sudarshan KL, Rajput GK, Mathew S, Chandrika KR, Mathur P. A rapid assessment of the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on health care & service delivery for noncommunicable diseases in India. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2022 Sep 8:102607.
  6. Ramamoorthy T, Sathishkumar K, Das P, Sudarshan KL, Mathur P. Epidemiology of human papillomavirus related cancers in India: findings from the National Cancer Registry Programme. ecancer 2022, 16:1444;
  7. Krishnan A, Amarchand R, Tarik M, Salve HR, Raghav P, Patro BK Rajkumar P, Sekhawat K, Joshi P, Mathur P, Tullu F, Ramakrishnan L. Performance of equations for estimation of 24-hour urinary sodium from morning fasting urine samples in a multisite study in India. The National Medical Journal of India, 2022; 35(1):4-10
  8. Ramamoorthy T, Leburu S, Kulothungan V, Mathur P. Regional estimates of noncommunicable diseases associated risk factors among adults in India: results from National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey. BMC Public Health May 2022.
  9. GBD 2019 Diabetes Mortality Collaborator. Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2022 Mar 1;10(3):177-92.
  10. Kulothungan V, Sathishkumar K, Leburu S, Ramamoorthy T, Stephen S, Basavarajappa D, Tomy N, Mohan R, Menon GR, Mathur P. Burden of cancers in India ‑ estimates of cancer crude incidence, YLLs, YLDs and DALYs for 2021 and 2025 based on National Cancer Registry Program. BMC Cancer. May 2022 https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s12885-022-09578-1.
  11. GBD 2019 Colorectal Cancer Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2468-1253(22)00044-9.
  12. Mathur P, Leburu S, Kulothungan V. Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Diabetes in India From the Countrywide National NCD Monitoring Survey. Front. Public Health 2022;10:748157.
  13. Mathur P, Nath A, Sathish KK . Adolescent and young adult cancers in India–Findings from the National Cancer Registry Programme. Cancer Epidemiology 78 (2022) 102124.
  14. Shakuntala T S, Sathishkumar K, Das P, Sudarshan KL, Kotian CM, Santhappan S, Vishwakarma MB, Sureshkumar N, Mathur P. Descriptive Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Cancers: Results from National Cancer Registry Programme, India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 23 (2), 409-418
  15. Ramamoorthy T, Kulothungan V, Mathur P. Prevalence and Correlates of Insufficient Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 18–69 Years in India: Findings From the National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey. J Phys Act Health. 2022 Feb 11;1(aop):1–10.
  16. Kaur P, Borah PK, Gaigaware P, Mohapatra PK, R Das NK, Uike PV, Tobgay KJ, Tushi A, Zorinsangi, Mazumdar G, Marak B, Pizi D, Chakma T, Sugunan AP, Vijayachari P, Bhardwaj RR, Arambam PC, Kutum T, Sharma A, Pal P, Shanmugapriya PC, Manivel P, Kaliyamoorthy N, Chakma J, Mathur P, Dhaliwal RS, Mahanta J, Mehendale SM. Preparedness of primary & secondary care health facilities for the management of non-communicable diseases in tribal population across 12 districts in India. Indian Journal of Medical Research 156(2):p 260-268, August 2022
  17. Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration. Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019_ A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. JAMA Oncol (Internet) doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6987.
  18. GBD 2019 Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Collaborators. The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Oncology December 2021.
  19. Nath A., Mathur P, Strengthening Cancer Surveillance in India: Role of the National Cancer Registry Programme. Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 2021 [internet], https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-021-01473-8

  1. Shanker N, Mathur P, Das P, Sathishkumar K, Martina Shalini AJ, Chaturvedi M. Cancer scenario in North-East India & need for an appropriate research agenda. Indian J Med Res. 2021 Jan;154(1):27-35
  2. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. The Lancet 2021.
  3. Nath A, Shalini MAJ, Mathur P. Health system challenges and opportunities in tackling non-communicable diseases in rural areas of India. The National Medical Journal of India 2021; 34(1):29-35.
  4. Sarveswaran G, Rangamani S, Ghosh A, Bhansali A, Dharmalingam M, Unnikrishnan AG, Vikram NK, Mathur P, Misra A. Management of Diabetes mellitus through teleconsultation during COVID-19 and similar scenarios – Guidelines from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) expert group. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102242
  5. Krishnan A., Mathur, P., Kulothungan V., Salve HR., Leburu S., Amarchand R. et al. Preparedness of primary and secondary health facilities in India to address major noncommunicable diseases: results of a National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS). BMC Health Serv Res 21, 757 (2021).
  6. Sathishkumar K, Vinodh N, Badwe RA, Deo SVS, Manoharan N, Malik R, Panse NS, Ramesh C, Shrivastava A, Swaminathan R, Vijay CR, Narasimhan S, Chaturvedi M, Mathur P. Trends in breast and cervical cancer in India under National Cancer Registry Programme: An Age-Period-Cohort analysis. Cancer Epidemiology 2021 [internet] 2021. ISSN 1877-7821, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2021.101982.
  7. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Neurological Disorders Collaborators. The burden of neurological disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2019. Lancet Glob Health [Internet] 2021
  8. Ranganathan P, Chinnaswamy G, Sengar M, Gadgil D, Thiagarajan S, Bhargava B, Booth CM, Buyse M, Chopra S, Frampton C, Gopal S, Grant N, Krailo M, Langley R, Mathur P, Paoletti X, Parmar M, Purushotham A, Pyle D, Rajaraman P, Stockler MR, Sullivan R, Swaminathan S, Tannock I, edward Trimble, Badwe RA, Pramesh CS, on behalf of the National Cancer Grid of India. The International Collaboration for Research methods Development in Oncology (CReDO) workshops: shaping the future of global oncology research. Lancet Oncol [Internet]. 2021
  9. Mathur P, Kulothungan V, Leburu S, ICMR-NNMS investigator group, et al. Baseline risk factor prevalence among adolescents aged 15–17 years old: findings from National Non-communicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS) of India. BMJ Open 2021;11:e044066
  10. Vijayan B, Ramanathan M, Rangamani S, Joe W, Gopinathan S, Mishra US.Treatment and rehabilitation of stroke patients in India: A gendered analysis based on repeated cross-sectional national sample surveys on health, 2014 and 2019, Health Care for Women International, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1931226
  11. Chaturvedi M, Sathishkumar K, Vijaykumar DD, Sathya N, Roselind FS, Rekha S, Rath GK. Cancer Atlas Project–Haryana: Insights for Healthcare Planners. Asia Pacific journal of Cancer Care 6(1) 19-26. DOI : 10.31557/APJCC 2021.6.1.19
  12. Pruthvish S, Mascarenhas L. Strengthening research component into medical curriculum, the need to develop Physician scientists in India - An Introspection. J Clin Biomed Sci [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2021 Mar 18]; 11(1): 01-04
  13. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. eLife 2021;10:e60060 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60060
  14. Mathur P, Kulothungan V, Leburu S, Krishnan A, Chaturvedi HK, Salve HR, et al. (2021) National noncommunicable disease monitoring survey (NNMS) in India: Estimating risk factor prevalence in adult population. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0246712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0246712
  15. Smith MJ, Ahmad A, Arawi T et al. Top five ethical lessons of COVID-19 that the world must learn. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:17
  16. GBD 2019 Chewing Tobacco Collaborators. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2021 Jul;6(7):e482-e499.
  17. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Planetary Health. 22 December 2020

  1. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet 2020; 396: 1511–24. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6
  2. Mathur P, Rangamani S, Kulothungan V, Huliyappa D, Bhalla B.B, Urs V, National Stroke Registry Programme in India for Surveillance and Research: Design and Methodology, Neuroepidemiology. doi.org/10.1159/000510482
  3. Rai RK, Barik A, Mazumdar S, Chatterjee K, Kalkonde YV, Mathur P, Chowdhury A, Fawzi WW. Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality in rural Birbhum, West Bengal, India: a sex-stratified analysis of verbal autopsies from a prospective cohort, 2012–2017. BMJ Open 2020; 10(10)
  4. Mathur P, Sathishkumar K, Chaturvedi M, Das P, Sudarshan KL, Stephen S, Vinodh N, Anish J, Sandeep N, Roselind FS, Cancer Statistics, 2020: Report From National Cancer Registry Programme, India. JCO Global Oncol 2020;6:1063-75
  5. Mathur P, Rangamani S. COVID-19 and noncommunicable diseases: Identifying research priorities to strengthen public health response. Int J Non-Commun Dis 2020;5:76-82
  6. Sarveswaran G, Kulothungan V, Mathur P. Clustering of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among adults (18-69 years) in Rural Population, South-India. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome 2020;14(5):1005-14
  7. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Nature 2020; 582:73–77
  8. Sathishkumar K., Kulothungan V., Stephen S., Sathya N, Mathur P. Impact of New Standardized Population for Estimating Cancer Incidence in Indian Context- an Analysis from National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP). Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2020; 21(2): 371-377. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.2.371


  1. Chakraborty D, Rangamani S, Kulothungan V, Chaturvedi M, Stephen S, Das P, Sudarshan KL, John A, Manoharan N, Koyande SS, Swaminathan R, Ramesh C, Shrivastava A, Ganesh B, Mathur P, Nandakumar A. Trends in incidence of Ewing sarcoma of bone in India – Evidence from the National Cancer Registry Programme (1982–2011). J Bone Oncology 2018; 12:49-53
  2. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators. The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. Lancet Oncol 2018 Oct; 19(10): 1289-1306
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