Dr. Manjunath N M L

Dr. Manjunath N. M. L. is a Surgical Oncology Consultant with more than two decades of training and practice across some of India's leading cancer surgery programs. He operates across head and neck, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, breast, soft tissue, urogenital, and thoracic oncology. 

His academic credentials include an MBBS, an MS (General Surgery), and an MCh (Surgical Oncology), all obtained from highly reputable medical institutes. Additionally, he has completed his specialty training in Surgical Oncology from the IRCH, AIIMS, New Delhi. 

During his training at AIIMS, Dr. Manjunath was involved in approximately 1,600 major oncological procedures as a first assistant or as an independent surgeon under supervision. He also holds certifications in both FMAS and DMAS (minimally invasive and robotic surgery) from the World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurugram, where he was the topper of his batch. 

Before HCG, he held consultant and academic positions at Narayana Health (Mysore), HCG Panda Cancer Hospital (Cuttack), and Manipal Hospitals (Bangalore).  

• Role of surgery in breast metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix. Indian J Palliat Care. 2011 Jan;17(1):74–6.  

• A Review of Controversies in the Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Indian J Surg. 2012 Jun 1;74(3):228–33. 

• Psychological disorders in women undergoing postoperative radiation and chemotherapy for breast cancer in India. Indian J Cancer. 2011 Oct-Dec;48(4):519-20. 

• Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the gallbladder. Trop Gastroenterol Off J Dig Dis Found. 2012 Dec;33(4):297–9. 

• Operable oral tongue squamous cell cancer: 15 years experience at a tertiary care center in North India. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2018 Mar;9(1):15–23. 

• Clinical spectrum, treatment and relapse patterns in 353 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the alveobuccal complex treated with a curative intent: a retrospective study. J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2018 Mar;17(1):24–31.  

• Extra-hepatic bile duct resection: an insight in the management of gallbladder cancer. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2015 Sep;46(3):291–6.  

• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: clinical profile and management outcomes; a single institutional experience of 82 cases. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2019;45(2):e154.  

• Ultrasensitive detection of tumor-specific mutations in saliva of patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer. 2021.  

• Metabostemness in cancer: Linking metaboloepigenetics and mitophagy in remodeling cancer stem cells. Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2022 Jan;18(1):198-213.