Recently added articles from Turkish Journal of Cancer:
The role of microsatellite instability to predict clinical benefit from irinotecan-based regimens in metastatic colorectal cancer
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The aim of our study was to assess the relationship between microsatellite instability (MSI) and the clinical outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients treated with irinotecan-based regimens. We assessed best objective response, progression free survival (PFS) and ...
P27 and mdm2 as molecular grading biomarkers in transitional cell carcinoma
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT To investigate the clinical relevance of p27 and mdm2 gene expression in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), urine samples were collected from 30 TCC patients (preoperatively), 10 patients with nonmalignant urological diseases and 10 controls. Total RNA was extracted from urine ...
Tolerability of preoperative hyperfractionated pelvic radiotherapy of the small intestine: An experimental study in rat
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT To investigate the tolerability of preoperative hyperfractionated pelvic irradiation on ninety male Wistar rats were used, 30 for sham irradiation (control), 30 underwent conventional pelvic irradiation, and the last 30 underwent hyperfractionated irradiation. During irradiation ...
Validity and Reliability of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale in Turkish Cancer Patients
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) is simple and easy to use with cancer patients. This study was planned for the purpose of adapting and determining the validity and reliability of the ESAS for Turkish culture. The study was conducted in outpatient and inpatient ...
Paraneoplastic syndrome associated with desquamative interstitial pneumonia mimicking lung cancer: A case report
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Paraneoplastic syndromes are generally caused by ectopic hormone production or immune-mediated tissue destruction caused by neural antigen expression of cancer cells. Here, we present a rare case of paraneoplastic syndrome associated with interstitial pneumonia mimicking lung ...
Cerebral metastasis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma as the first clinical presentation: Detailed immunohistochemical evaluation
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is known as a low grade malignant tumor. Lymph node and distant metastases are only seen in the high grade variant of MEC. The patient, 52-year-old male, had progressive vision loss, urinary incontinence and weakness at the left side at first ...
Images in hematology-oncology
Apr 01, 2008; ... Sigmoid colon tumor in a 31-years old female CLINICAL HISTORY Endoscopic biopsy and surgical specimen of a 31- years old female was sent for consultation to our institute. The referring diagnosis of the endoscopic biopsy from sigmoid colon was indifferentiated malignant neoplasm ....
The results of postoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the treatment results of postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and the prognostic factors of locally advanced rectal cancer. Sixty nine patients with rectal cancer treated with postoperative CRT were analyzed. Irradiation was given with a ...
The prevalence of silent arrhythmia in patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Cisplatin has been used effectively in oncology practice for a long time. No sufficient clinical evidence exists about the arrhythmogenic potential of this drug. The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency, types and clinical significance of the arrhythmias that ...
Evaluation of basal cell carcinomas with positive surgical margins: A five year retrospective analysis
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate morphologic and anatomic features of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) patients with positive surgical margins who developed recurrences in follow-ups. Patients with positive surgical margins were included in this study. Re-excision was performed ...
Results of transthoracic esophagectomy following chemoradiation in locally advanced esophageal cancer
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT We investigated patients treated with chemoradiation and subsequent esophagectomy. 10 patients were treated between 2004-2007. The chemoradiation regimen was concurrent 4 - 0 Gy radiation with cisplatin and -fluorouracil. Average age was 8 (31-74, females). Clinical stages were ...
Primary extrauterine adenosarcoma: Report of 2 cases
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Müllerian adenosarcoma is a rare neoplasm and has different clinical behavior according to localization and grade of stromal component. Generally, the tumor can be expected to recur or metastasize. Patients with adenosarcoma can have long-standing endometriosis, but direct ...
Multicentric spindle cell hemangioendothelioma of spleen: Case report
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Malignant mesenchymal tumors of the spleen are rare. The vast majority of primary sarcomas of the spleen are of vascular origin. Hemangioendothelioma, a vascular tumor, is characterized by mild cellular atypia, low mitotic rate and intermediate appearance between hemangioma and ...
Images in hematology-oncology
Jan 01, 2008; ... Cytologic diagnosis of a lesion at the periphery of the lung A 32-year old male was admitted to a regional state hospital due to intractable back pain which woke him up during sleep and showed slow progression over few months. Plain chest film was taken and anti-analgesics were ...
Quality of life of Turkish patients with head and neck cancer
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In the past decade there has been a considerable increase of interest in quality of life (QoL) issues of oncology. This study was planned to investigate whether localization side and stage of cancer, treatment type and radiotherapy doses have effect on quality of life in head ...
Radioguided parathyroidectomy: Initial results of Hacettepe experience
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In 85-90% of the cases primary parathyroidism is caused by a single adenoma. In experienced hands the success of the standard parathyroidectomy is 95%. Recently, radio-guided parathyroidectomy offers an alternative to standard parathyroidectomy. The sensitivity of the sestamibi ...
Assessment of tumor markers in patients with chronic renal failure
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In this study; serum levels of different tumor markers such as alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cancer antigen 125 (CA 125), cancer antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in 36 predialysis, 42 ...
Evaluation of Turkey Ministry of Health 1983-2001 cancer incidences and cancer death rates in the Burden of Disease Study data
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This study aims to evaluate the annual changes in the incidence of cancer and region-based rate of cancer mortality. The cancer incidence in Turkey was calculated from the data obtained from the Cancer Control Department of the Ministry of Health (MoH). National Health Accounts ...
Fanconi anemia with the presentation of abdominal rhabdomyosarcoma followed by acute myeloid leukemia
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to present an unusual case of Fanconi anemia (FA) with an initial presentation of abdominal rhabdomyosarcoma followed by acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although epithelial cancers are more often seen in FA patients, rarities such as osteosarcomas, ...
Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult patient: Report of a case
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) typically presents in young children, most younger than 5 years, as dysontoge-netic neoplasm. It has poor prognosis with three different subtypes: cystic (type I), combined cystic and solid (type II) and solid (type III). Our patient was admitted ...