Recently added articles from Turkish Journal of Cancer:
CD15 and CEA expression in thymic epithelial neoplasms
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of CD15 and CEA in thymic epithelial neoplasms and assess their correlation with various World Health Organisation (WHO) subclasses of thymic epithelial neoplasms. A total of seventy cases of thymic epithelial neoplasm seen ...
Patterns and dynamics of female tobacco use: A comparative perspective of Turkey and the United States
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The United States and Turkey differ in their level of development on a global scale and this fact contributes to explain the differences observed in their trends of female tobacco use. In this paper, the patterns and dynamics of women's tobacco consumption in both US and Turkey ...
Cutaneous lesions and multiple lymphadenopathies in a 25-years old male
Jul 01, 2008; ... CLINICAL HISTORY 25-years old male patient was admitted with multiple lymphadenopathies and skin lesions to the Hacettepe University Hospital. Blood sedimentation rate was 82 mm/h (0-20) and β2-microglobulin serum level was elevated, 2313 ng/mL (1010-1730). Abdomen and thorax ...
Nurses' approach to sexuality-related issues in patients receiving cancer treatments
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify the nurses' approach to sexuality-related issues of oncology patients in Turkey. Seventy seven nurses from three universities and one state hospital in Ankara, who take care of the cancer patients, were involved. Data were ...
A metastasis of colorectal cancer to the thyroid gland which has also papillary thyroid cancer: A case report
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT A fifty-years old man underwent Miles' operation (abdomino- perineal resection) for a rectal carcinoma seven years ago. The follow-up examinations had been normal for seven years. A new thyroid nodule developed, and serum carcinoembryonic antigen level was found to be elevated ...
Filariasis as a cause of subileus and exitus in a patient with solid tumor
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT A 61-years old male patient with previous history of thyroid papillary cancer was hospitalized because of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, pruritus and obstipatiton. Paralytic or mechanic ileus as a tumor complication was considered in the differential diagnosis ....
The role of angiogenesis assessment in the prognosis of breast carcinoma and in the evaluation of the therapeutic effect of "shark care" drug as an angiogenesis inhibitor
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT There is still uncertainty about angiogenesis as a prognostic factor in breast cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of microvascular density (MVD) in breast carcinoma and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1), leptin, estradiol and ...
Colorectal carcinomas: Clinicopathologic investigation, correlation with expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Correlation in mortality data between breast cancer and colonic cancer, and increased incidence of colonic cancer in women with breast cancer suggest common factors in their etiology. Similarly protective effect of increasing parity from colonic cancer, and relatively better ...