Nepal

Our work has been crucial in prioritizing cancer care and research in Nepal, highlighting the scope in cancer burden in Nepal, using population-based cancer registries. In addition, our work has been able to highlight rural and urban differences in cancer incidence, the utility of telehealth strategies for cancer care consultations and providing key pilot studies defining financial toxicity in the nation. Our current work in Nepal is centred around the availability and variance in price of GI cancer therapeutics, the implementation of simple, safe, and effective treatment procedures, and the training of general practitioners in oncology practice (GPOs), to circumvent the high workload of oncologists and the increasing cancer burden in the nation.

Relevant Publications:

  1. Poudyal B, Dulal S, Shilpakar R and Gyawali B* (2022) Highlights from ecancer Choosing Wisely Nepal 2022: critical appraisal skills for evidence-based practice, 24th–25th September 2022, Kathmandu, Nepal ecancer 16 1478. PMID: 36819797
  2. Gyawali B*, Thapa N, Savage C, Carson LM, Jalink M, Rawal M, Berry S, Sharma Poudyal B. Training General Practitioners in Oncology: A Needs Assessment Survey From Nepal. JCO Glob Oncol. 2022 May. PMID: 35670697.
  3. Basnet BK, Gautam B, Ranabhat K, Paudel BD, Chapagain Acharya S, Bastola SR, Gyawali B. KRAS Oncogene Mutations in Colorectal Cancer Patients in a Nepalese Tertiary Care Hospital. J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2021 Dec 14;19(3):504-507. PMID: 35140422.
  4. Gyawali B*, Jalink M, Effing SMA#, Dalgarno N, Kolomitro K, Thapa N, Sharma Poudyal B, Berry S . Oncology training programmes for general practitioners: a scoping review ecancer 2021. 15 1241. PMID: 34267797
  5. Subedi R, Budukh A, Chapagain S, Gyanwali P, Gyawali B, Khadka K, Thakur C, Dahal U, Dikshit R, Kumar Jha A, Dhimal M. Differences in cancer incidence and pattern between urban and rural Nepal: one-year experience from two population-based cancer registries. ecancer 2021. 15 1229. PMID: 34158833
  6. Subedi R, Dhimal M, Budukh A, Chapagain S, Gyawali P, Gyawali B, Dahal U, Dikshit R, Jha AK. Epidemiologic Pattern of Cancer in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Findings of Population-Based Cancer Registry. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 Mar;7:443-452. PMID: 33788597.
  7. Poudyal B, Gyawali B and Rondelli D. The need for locally generated data in haematology: a real‐world experience of aplastic anaemia in Nepal. British Journal of Haematology. 2020. PMID: 33216359
  8. Datta SS, Mukherjee A, Ghose S, Bhattacharya S, Gyawali B. Addressing the Mental Health Challenges of Cancer Care Workers in LMICs During the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.JCO Glob Oncol. 2020. PMID: 33017180
  9. Poudyal BS, Gyawali B and Rondelli D. Rapidly established telehealth care for blood cancer patients in Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic using the free app Viber ecancer 14 ed104 (2020). PMID: 33082856.
  10. Poudyal BS, Giri S, Tuladhar S, Neaupane S and Gyawali B*. A survey in Nepalese patients with acute leukaemia: a starting point for defining financial toxicity of cancer care in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Haematology. 2020 Volume 7, Issue 9, e638 – e639. PMID: 32853583. Altmetric Score: 53
  11. Gyawali B*, Sharma S#, Shilpakar R, Dulal S, Pariyar J, Booth CM, Sharma Poudyal B. Overview of Delivery of Cancer Care in Nepal: Current Status and Future Priorities. JCO Glob Oncol. PMID: 32735488
  12. Sharma-Poudyal B, Sapkota B, Shrestha G, Thapalia S, Gyawali B and Tuladhar S. Safety and Efficacy of Azathioprine as a Second Line Therapy for Primary Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, v. 55, n. 203, p. 16-21, sep. 2016. (PMID: 27935917)
  13. Sharma-Poudyal B, Shrestha G. S, Tuladhar S, Gyawali B, Sedain G, Battajo R, Maskey P, Paudyal S, Regmi S, R.C. D.R and Kouides P. Use of donated clotting factors for surgeries on hemophilic patients in a resource constrained country: a kind donor, good outcome, change of practice and future directions. Haemophilia (2016). 22: e453–e455. doi:10.1111/hae.13017 (PMID: 27353411)
  14. Gyawali B*. Me, too. Comments and Controversies. Journal of Global Oncology 2, no. 3 (June 2016) 99-104. PMID: 28717688
  15. Sharma P. B, Gyawali B*, Sapkota B, Tuladhar S, Shrestha G. S, and Rondelli D.  Antifungal prophylaxis with Amphotericin B deoxycholate emulsified in lipids for acute myeloid leukemia patients treated in low economy countries. Leukemia & lymphoma (2016) 2: 57, 474-476 (PMID: 26014274)
  16. Sharma Poudyal B, Gyawali B*, Tuladhar S, Kapali K and Shrestha G. S. (2015), Inspiration amidst the challenges: the first report of successful bone marrow transplantation in the Himalayan country Nepal. British Journal of Haematology. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13645 (PMID : 26303869)