Dr. Gagan Saini

Dr. Gagan Saini

Senior Director

22 Years of Experience

Radiation Oncologist

MBBS, MD, DNB, Fellowship

Reg. No.:35832, Delhi Medical Council

Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, Ghaziabad

English, Hindi

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About Dr. Gagan Saini

  • Dr. Gagan Saini is a distinguished Radiation Oncologist with over 22 years of experience.
  • He specializes in the treatment and management of brain tumors, head and neck cancer (throat, mouth, larynx, nose.), and urological malignancies (prostate, urinary bladder, kidney, testis, etc.).
  • He is proficient in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT), Rapid-Arc Radiotherapy (IGRT with RapidArc/VMAT), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), Brachytherapy, etc.
  • His educational journey includes an MBBS from Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC) and the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai, in 2002 and an MD (Radiotherapy) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, in 2006.
  • Dr. Saini also achieved a DNB (Radiotherapy) from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, in 2007.
  • He earned a Fellowship in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy from Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center, New York, in 2011 and a Fellowship in Intraoperative Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, and Image-guided Radiation Therapy, University Paracelsus, Austria.
  • He has delivered talks and lectures and participated in peer discussions at various conferences across National and International borders.
  • He is a member of the European Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO), the International Society of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), among other organizations.
  • Dr. Saini is fluent in English and Hindi.

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Education

  • MBBS, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC) and the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai, 2002
  • MD (Radiotherapy), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 2006
  • DNB (Radiotherapy), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, 2007
  • Fellowship in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center, New York, 2011
  • Fellowship in Intraoperative Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Image-guided Radiation Therapy, University Paracelsus, Austria

Past Experience

  • Senior Consultant (Radiation Oncologist), International Oncology Services Private Limited, 2017
  • Senior Consultant and Unit Head, Fortis International Oncology Centre, Noida, 2011
  • Attending Consultant (Radiation Oncology), Max Cancer Centre, Max Hospital, 2011
  • Senior Resident (Radiotherapy & Oncology), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 2009
  • Intern, King Edward Memorial Hospital, 2003

Associations/Membership

  • European Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO)
  • American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
  • European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
  • International Society of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (ISIORT)
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI)

Paper Published

  • Saini, Gagan & Kumar, Anup & Yadav, Siddharth. (2023). Author reply Re: Kumar A, Yadav S, Krishnappa RS, Gautam G, Raghavan N, Bakshi G, et al. The Urological Society of India guidelines for the evaluation and management of prostate cancer (executive summary). Indian J Urol 2022;38:252-257. Indian Journal of Urology. 39. 251. 10.4103/iju.iju_185_23.
  • Kumar, Anup & Yadav, Suresh & Krishnappa, Raghunath S & Gautam, Gagan & Raghavan, Narasimhan & Bakshi, Ganesh & Prakash, Gagan & Ahluwalia, Puneet & Tamankar, Ashwin & Sureka, Sanjoy & Kumar, Niraj & Kumar, Sandeep & Mallya, Ashwin & Saini, Gagan & Singhal, Manish & Mavuduru, Ravimohan & Nayak, Brusabhanu & Singh, Prabhjot & Jaipuria, Jiten & Gupta, NarmadaPrasad. (2022). The Urological Society of India guidelines for the evaluation and management of prostate cancer (executive summary). Indian Journal of Urology. 38. 252. 10.4103/iju.iju_232_22.
  • Saini, Gagan & Padhi, Sanjukta & Patro, Kanhu & Shukla, Rashmi & Shukla, SujitKumar & Arora, Deepak & Singh, ThomasRanjit & Kundu, Chitaranjan & Bhattacharya, PS & Krishna, Ventakata & Madhur, Palla. (2022). Daily waiting time management for modern radiation oncology department in Indian perspective. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 18. 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_1481_20.
  • Saini, Gagan. (2020). Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 41. 488. 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_67_20.
  • Tewari, Krishnansu & Agarwal, A. & Pathak, A. & Ramesh, A. & Parikh, B. & Singhal, Manish & Saini, Gagan & Sushma, P. & Huilgol, N. & Gundeti, Sadashivudu & Gupta, S. & Nangia, Sapna & Rawat, Sheh & Alurkar, S. & Goswami, V. & Swarup, B. & Ugile, B. & Jain, S. & Kukreja, A.. (2018). Meeting report, “First Indian national conference on cervical cancer management - expert recommendations and identification of barriers to implementation.” Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice. 5. 10.1186/s40661-018-0061-5.
  • Singh, Dinesh & Saini, Gagan & Koul, R & Gupta, V & Abrol, Deepak & De, S & Kulshrestha, P & Hukku, SN & Lakshmi, SJ & Parikh, PurvishM & Aggarwal, Shyam. (2018). Practical consensus recommendations regarding the role of postmastectomy radiation therapy. South Asian Journal of Cancer. 7. 87. 10.4103/sajc.sajc_108_18.
  • Srivastava, Dr & Sharma, P. & Saini, Gagan & Sethi, Jas & Aggarwal, A. & Goyal, K.. (2016). EP-1816: A hybrid approach for head-neck cancer using on-line image guidance and off-line adaptive planning. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 119. S852. 10.1016/S0167-8140(16)33067-5.
  • Sharma, Pramod Kumar & Srivastava, Dr & Munshi, Anusheel & Chomal, Manish & Saini, Gagan & Garg, Madhur & Jayanand, Dr & Rai, DV. (2016). Comparison of the gross tumor volume in end-expiration/end-inspiration (2 Phase) and summated all phase volume captured in four-dimensional computed tomography in carcinoma lung patients. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 12. 47. 10.4103/0973-1482.159088.
  • Sharma, Pramod Kumar & Suchitra, Laishram & Srivastava, Dr & Chomal, Manish & Saini, Gagan & Munshi, Anusheel & Jayanand, Dr & Rai, DV. (2015). Motion management of lung tumors: A retrospective analysis to see dosimetric differences in different respiratory phases. Radiation Protection and Environment. 38. 45. 10.4103/0972-0464.162821.
  • Srivastava, Dr & Saini, Gagan & Sharma, Pramod & Chomal, Manish & Aagarwal, Anchal & Nangia, Sapna & Garg, Madhur. (2015). A technique to reduce low dose region for craniospinal irradiation (CSI) with RapidArc and its dosimetric comparison with 3D conformal technique (3DCRT). Journal of cancer research and therapeutics. 11. 488-91. 10.4103/0973-1482.144556.
  • Saini, Gagan & Aggarwal, Anchal & Ashraf, Syed & Goel, Dr & Ranjitsingh, Thomas & Munjal, Raunak & Anand, Anil. (2014). A comparison between four immobilization systems for pelvic radiation therapy using CBCT and paired kilovoltage portals based image-guided radiotherapy. Journal of cancer research and therapeutics. 10. 932-6. 10.4103/0973-1482.138026.
  • Srivastava, Dr & Sharma, Pramod & Sharma, P. & Munshi, A & Chomal, Manish & Laishram, S & Saini, Gagan. (2013). SU-E-J-217: To Determine the Gross Tumor Volume with CT Scan in End Expiration, Inspiration and All Phases of Respiration in Carcinoma Lung Patients. Medical Physics. 40. 201. 10.1118/1.4814429.
  • Saini, Gagan & Aggarwal, Anchal & Srivastava, Dr & Sharma, Pramod & Garg, Madhur & Nangia, Sapna & Chomal, Manish. (2012). Image-Guided Radiation Therapy for Muscle-Invasive Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder with Cone Beam CT Scan: Use of Individualized Internal Target Volumes for a Single Patient. Case reports in oncology. 5. 498-505. 10.1159/000342912.
  • Chomal, Manish & Saini, Gagan & Sinha, Ashutosh & Aggarwal, Anchal & Jain, Amit & Srivastava, Dr & Sharma, Pramod & Nangia, Sapna. (2012). In Reply to Dr. Cashmore and Colleagues: Lowering Whole-Body Radiation Doses in Pediatric Intensity – Modulated Radiotherapy Through the Use of Unflattened Photon Beams: Cashmore J et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;80:1220–1227). International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 82. 1324-5. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.007.
  • Saini, Gagan & Aggarwal, Anchal & Sharma, Pramod & Chomal, Manish & Srivastava, Dr & Nangia, Sapna & Garg, Madhur. (2012). Response to “Development and Evaluation of Multiple Isocentric Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Technique for Craniospinal Axis Radiotherapy Planning” (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011; Feb 23). International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 82. 494-5; author reply 495. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.07.022.
  • Sharma, Daya & Thulkar, Sanjay & Goyal, Shikha & Shukla, nootan kumar & Kumar, Sunesh & Rath, Goura & Julka, Pramod & Saini, Gagan & BAHL, AMIT. (2010). Revisiting the Role of Computerized Tomographic Scan and Cystoscopy for Detecting Bladder Invasion in the Revised FIGO Staging System for Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix. International journal of gynecological cancer: official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society. 20. 368-72. 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181d02d2d.
  • Saini, Gagan & Rath, G. & Julka, Pramod & Seth, Amlesh. (2007). Study of outcome and quality of life in patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy in muscle-invasive carcinoma of the urinary bladder. 174-174.

Field of Expertise

  • Adrenal Cancer Treatment
  • Benign and Cancerous Tumor Excision
  • Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Brain Tumor Surgery
  • Breast Biopsy
  • CAR T-Cell Therapy
  • Carcinoid Tumor Treatment
  • Castleman Disease Treatment
  • Chemotherapy
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Completion Thyroidectomy
  • Endometrial Cancer Treatment
  • Endoscopic Tumor Removal
  • Ewing Family of Tumors Treatment
  • Fine Needle Aspiration
  • Genitourinary Cancer Treatment
  • Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD) Treatment
  • Hormone Therapy
  • Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
  • Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
  • Immunotherapy
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
  • Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment
  • Lumpectomy
  • Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment
  • Metastatic Tumor Treatment
  • Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery
  • Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer Treatment
  • Nasopharyngeal Cancer Treatment
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treatment
  • Oncological Surgery
  • Papillary Thyroid Cancer Treatment
  • Penile Cancer Treatment
  • PET CT Scan
  • Proton Therapy
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Radioisotope Therapy
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Treatment
  • Robotic Cancer Surgery
  • Skin Lymphoma Treatment
  • Small Intestine Cancer Treatment
  • Targeted Therapy
  • Thymectomy
  • Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Treatment
  • Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE)
  • Vaginal Cancer Treatment
  • Vulvar Cancer Treatment
  • Whipple Procedure
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Adenosquamous Carcinoma
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma
  • Adult Hodgkins Lymphoma
  • AIDS-Related Cancer
  • Ameloblastoma
  • Anal Cancer
  • Anaplastic Carcinoma
  • Appendix Cancer
  • Atypical Hyperplasia
  • Atypical Spindle Cell Tumor
  • Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
  • Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) Treatment for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
  • Benign Bone Tumors
  • Benign Hematology
  • Benign Lung Tumors
  • Benign Soft Tissue Tumors
  • Bile Duct Cancer, Stones, & Strictures
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Blood Cancer
  • Bone Cancer
  • Bone Marrow Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer During Pregnancy
  • Breast Cancer Recurrence
  • Bronchial Tumors
  • Burkitt Lymphoma
  • Cancer in Children
  • Carcinoid Syndrome
  • Carcinoid Tumor (Gastrointestinal)
  • Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
  • Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
  • Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
  • Cyclic Neutropenia
  • Desmoid Tumor
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
  • Elevated PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) Level
  • Embryonal Tumors
  • Eosinophilia
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Esophagectomy
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma
  • Estrogen Dependent Cancers
  • Ewing Sarcoma
  • Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor
  • Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
  • Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
  • Fallopian Tube Cancer
  • Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
  • Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP): Inherited
  • Follicular Lymphoma
  • Free Flap Surgery for Treating Osteoradionecrosis
  • Gallbladder Cancer
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
  • Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
  • Giant Cell Tumor
  • Gum Tumor
  • Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL)
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Heart Cancer
  • Hepatocellular Cancer
  • Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)
  • Hurthle Cell Carcinoma
  • Hypopharyngeal Cancer
  • Hypopharyngeal Cancer
  • Immunotherapy
  • In-situ Breast Cancer
  • Incontinence After Prostate Surgery
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
  • Intraocular Melanoma
  • Invasive Breast Cancer
  • Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
  • Islet Cell Tumor
  • Kaposi Sarcoma
  • Large Cell Carcinoma
  • Large Granular Lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia
  • Leukemia
  • Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
  • Liver Cancer
  • Liver Cysts & Liver Tumors
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lymphatic Cancer
  • Lymphocytosis
  • Male Breast Cancer
  • Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH)
  • Malignant Mesothelioma
  • Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors
  • Mediastinal Tumor
  • Medullary Carcinoma
  • Melanoma
  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma
  • Metastatic Cancer
  • Metastatic Spinal Tumors
  • Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
  • Metastatic Tumors
  • Mouth Cancer
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Syndromes
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
  • Nasopharyngeal Cancer
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • NUT Midline Carcinoma
  • Oncogenic Osteomalacia
  • Ophthalmic Cancer
  • Oral Cancer
  • Oropharyngeal Cancer
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
  • Ovarian Primary Peritoneal Cancer
  • Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumor
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
  • Paraganglioma
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • Parathyroid Cancer
  • Parotid Gland Tumor
  • Pediatric Chordomas
  • Pediatric Ependymoma
  • Pediatric Germ Cell Tumor
  • Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumor
  • Pediatric Spinal Tumor
  • Pediatric Vascular Tumors
  • Penile Cancer
  • Pharyngeal Cancer
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS)
  • Pineal Region Tumor
  • Plasma Cell Neoplasms
  • Pleural Tumor
  • Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
  • Prostate Cancer
  • PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (Cowden Syndrome and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome)
  • Pulmonary Nodules
  • Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Recurrent Cancer
  • Relapsed ALL
  • Relapsed AML
  • Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
  • Renal Cell Cancer
  • Retinoblastoma (Cancer of the Eye)
  • Retroperitoneal Tumor
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Salivary Gland Cancer
  • Sarcoma
  • Sezary Syndrome
  • Skin Cancer
  • Skull Base Tumor
  • Small Cell Carcinoma
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Small Intestine Cancer
  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  • Spinal Tumor
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
  • Stage 4 Cancer
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Sun Exposure & Skin Cancer
  • Synovial Sarcoma
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Throat Cancer
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
  • Thymus Gland Tumor
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Tracheobronchial Tumor
  • Transitional Cell Cancer
  • Urethral Cancer
  • Uterine Sarcoma
  • Vaginal Cancer
  • Vascular Tumor
  • Vulvar Cancer
  • Wilms Tumor

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