Search
Now showing items 1-20 of 34
Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and Fluorouracil Combination in Neoadjuvant Setting in The Treatment of Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Phase II NEOTAX Study
(2014)
This phase II trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (DCF) combination in neoadjuvant setting in patients with locally advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.
Fifty-nine ...
Impact of Presence and Degree of Pretreatment Weight Loss in Locally-Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Patients Treated with Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
(2016)
Background: To assess the impact of the presence and degree of pretreatment weight loss (WL) on the survival of locally-advanced pancreas cancer (LAPC) patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT).
Methods: ...
Aiding and Abetting Survival: Americanizing Robinson Crusoe through Adaptation
(2022)
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) has been insistently adapted to both the big screen and TV throughout the 20th century and well into the 21st, the earliest version dating back to 1902 and the most recent to 2016. ...
Outcomes of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplant
(2015)
Objectives: Liver transplant is one of the few effective treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplant.
Materials ...
Smoking Behavior of Heart Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Study
(2018)
Objectives: Smoking is an important risk factor for development of complications in heart transplant patients and plays an important role in the mortality of these patients.The aim of this study was to compare the survival ...
Posttransplant Pulmonary Hypertension Is Correlated With Acute Rejection and Death Among Cardiac Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Study
(2018)
Objectives: Endomyocardial biopsy sampling is used to check acute rejection after cardiac transplant. However, it may lead to tricuspid valve injury and cardiac perforation; therefore, less invasive tools may be useful. ...
Obesity and Loss of Kidney Function: Two Complications to Face for Older Living Kidney Donors
(2017)
Objectives: Although living kidney donors have a minimal lifetime risk of developing end-stage renal disease, long-term complications and physiologic and psychologic sequelae resulting from donation remain unclear because ...
Treatment Outcomes of Breast Cancer Liver Metastasis Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
(2018)
Background: To assess the outcomes of breast cancer liver metastasis (BCLM) treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and systemic treatment.
Materials and methods: Patients with oligometastasis at the time of ...
The Effect of Haematological Parameters on Overall Survival in Advanced Stage Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
(2014)
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of pretreatment blood count values, particularly WBC counts, in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The records of 186 patients with advanced ...
Results of Liver Transplant in Elderly Patients: A Single Center Experience
(2015)
Objectives: With the increased life span, the need for liver transplant for elderly patients also increased in the world. In this study, we reviewed our experience to determine the outcomes and problems of patients aged > ...
Long-term outcomes of cervical cancer patients with complete metabolic response after definitive chemoradiotherapy
(2021)
Objective: We investigated the importance of metabolic parameters measured with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography integrated with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) for predicting progression-free survival ...
Treatment outcomes of metastasis-directed treatment using(68)Ga-PSMA-PET/CT for oligometastatic or oligorecurrent prostate cancer: Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology group study (TROD 09-002)
(2020)
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of(68)Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (Ga-68-PSMA) positron-emission tomography (PET)/CT-based metastasis-directed treatment (MDT) for oligometastatic prostate ...
Male Breast Cancer: Clinicopathological, Immunohistochemical and Radiological Study
(2020)
Objective: To evaluate the pathological and radiological features, immunohistochemical profile and treatment methods of primary male breast carcinoma cases diagnosed at our center.
Material and Method: The pathology ...
Comparison of Resection and Liver Transplant in Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(2020)
Objectives: Hepatic resection and liver transplant are regarded as 2 potentially curative treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma. Here, we compared both options in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma secondary to ...
Detection of occult neoplastic infiltration in the corpus callosum and prediction of overall survival in patients with glioblastoma using diffusion tensor imaging
(2019)
Objective: Corpus callosum (CC) involvement is a poor prognostic factor in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). The purpose of this study was to determine whether diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can quantify occult tumor ...
Can complete blood count inflammatory parameters in epithelial ovarian cancer contribute to prognosis? - a survival analysis
(2019)
SubjectiveThe aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic significance of preoperative complete blood count inflammatory markers in women operated for invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC).MethodTwo hundred ...
A Single-Center Retrospective Clinicopathologic Study of Endomyocardial Biopsies After Heart Transplant at Baskent University Hospital in Ankara, 1993-2014
(2015)
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency and prognostic importance of acute cellular rejection after heart transplant.
Materials and Methods: All 84 heart transplant patients at our center ...
Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Primary Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Colon and Rectum: 22 Cases Reviewed With Literature
(2014)
Colorectal primary signet ring cell carcinoma (PSRCCR) is a rare entity with a dismal prognosis, mainly because of delayed diagnosis. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinicopathologic features and ...
Outcome of loco-regional radiotherapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with abiraterone acetate
(2019)
Purpose To evaluate the potential benefit of curative radiotherapy (RT) to the primary tumor in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients treated with abiraterone.
Materials and methods The clinical ...
Heart Valve Disease Predict Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: A Single Center Experience
(2019)
Our aim is to investigate the clinical and laboratory findings affecting the mortality of the patients in 3 years follow-up who underwent hemodialysis at our center. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, 432 ...