Dr Vaishnavi A/P Jeyasingam

Conditions Treated: 

• Breast
• Head And Neck
• Colorectal
• Gynaecological
• Genitourinary
• Brain
• Lung Cancers
• Pleurodesis

Procedures Performed:

• Pleural Tapping
• Peritoneal Tapping

Medical School (Undergrad):

• MBBS, University Malaya

Post-Graduate Qualifications:

• M. CLIN (ONCO), UM

Clinical Tranining:

• Clinical Attachment In Head And Neck Radiation, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
• Clinical Attachment In Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand

Membership/Associations :

• European Society Of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Malaysian Oncological Society (MOS)
• Academy Of Medicine (AM)

Awards :

• Excellence of Service Award, Ministry of Health, 2016

Special Privileges According to Hospital (if any):

• IMRT, Brachytherapy

Research & Investigations:

• Site Principal Investigator for the Technical Evaluation study of treatment of Metastatic Her 2 positive Breast Cancer with Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab, and Docetaxel.
• Real world Clinical Experience of Palbociclib with Letrozole as First Line Treatment of ER positive, Her 2 negative Metastatic Breast Cancer in Malaysia. A Multicenter Retrospective Study. First author. Poster presentation in the Annual Scientific Congress Malaysian Oncological Society (ASCOMOS) 2019.
• Site Principal Investigator for the TROIKA neoadjuvant biosimilar Herceptin study in operable breast cancers. Completed recruitment.
• Site Principal Investigator for a Phase III Randomised, Double Blind Study of Pembrolizumab plus Gemcitabine/ Cisplatin versus placebo as First Line therapy in participants with Advanced and/or unresectable Biliary Tract Cancers.
• Site Principal Investigator for a Phase III Randomised Double Blind Study of Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab/placebo plus SFU/Cisplatin vs Xeloda/Cisplatin in Resectable Gastric cancers.
• Successful spontaneous pregnancy after pelvic radiotherapy for a sacral giant cell tumour: A Case Report. 
• Supervisor for Masters in Clinical Oncology thesis.Phase II Randomised Controlled Trial on Tiger Milk Mushroom (TMO 2) in patients with Breast cancer.
• Supervisor for Master in Nursing Science (UM) thesis. Effect of Low Intensity Exercise Programme on Fatigue for patients with Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy.
• Research project on Outcomes of Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour patients treated with Imatinib, 2013.
• Supervisor, Assessment of Adherence to Imatinib and Quality of Life among patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (ADIMAQ-GIST).

Media/Publications :

• Lung Cancer Becoming More Common Among Non-Smokers 
• Semakin ramai bukan perokok hidapi kanser paru-paru