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Diagnostic Accuracy of Axillary Ultrasound in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Yilmaz, Tugba Han; Yerli, Hasan; Arslan, Baha; Erol, Varlik; Gulay, Huseyin (2019)

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is the standard application for evaluating the axilla in patients with breast cancer. The Z0011 trial conducted by The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) revealed that axillary ...

Does Marital Adjustment Mediate Type C Personality-Depressive Symptoms Relation? A Comparison between Breast Cancer Patients and Cancer-Free Women

Bozo, Ozlem; Ar, Yagmur; Eldogan, Dilay (2019)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between Type C personality and depressive symptoms in breast cancer patients, and to examine if marital adjustment mediates this relation. The data was collected ...

Radiotherapy After Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction

Sari, Sezin Yuce; Guler, Ozan Cem; Gultekin, Melis; Yildirim, Berna Akkus; Onal, Cem; Ozyigit, Gokhan; Yildiz, Ferah (2019)

We aimed to evaluate the cosmetic results of radiotherapy in 170 breast cancer patients after implant-based reconstruction. Cosmetic results were excellent or fair in most patients after radiotherapy. However, bolus use, ...

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Breast Cancer: Correlation of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Value with Pathologic Prognostic Factors

Tezcan, Sehnaz; Uslu, Nihal; Ozturk, Funda Ulu; Akcay, Eda Yilmaz; Tezcaner, Tugan (2019)

Objective: The aim was to evaluate relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values with pathologic prognostic factors in breast carcinoma (BC). Materials and Methods: 83 patients were enrolled in this ...

Determining Breast Cancer Treatment Costs Using the Top Down Cost Approach

Tekin, Rukiye Numanoglu; Saygili, Meltem (2019)

Objective: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in Turkey, with approximately 15.000 breast cancer diagnoses each year. In this study, our goal was to determine annual direct medical costs of all ...

Dosimetric Comparison of Sequential Versus Simultaneous-integrated Boost in Early-stage Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Breast-conserving Surgery

Onal, Cem; Efe, Esma; Guler, Ozan C.; Yildirim, Berna A. (2019)

Background/Aim: To compare simultaneous-integrated boost (SIB) versus sequential-boost (SB) delivered in the context of whole-breast irradiation (WBI) via volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and helical-tomotherapy ...

The Comparision of Breast Cancer in the Young and Elderly Patients

Petek Erpolat, Ozge; Yuce Sari, Sezin; Ergen, Sefika Arzu; Aydin, Barbaros; Akkus, Berna; Gultekin, Melis; Copan Oksuz, Didem; Arican, Zumre; Onal, Cem; Gursel, Bilge; Akmansu, Muge; Ozyigit, Gokhan; Bilkay Gorken, Ilknur; Yildiz, Ferah (2019)

OBJECTIVE To compare the tumor characteristics, treatment approaches, recurrence patterns and survival results rates of young and elderly patients with breast cancer. METHODS In this study, Between between 2000-2013, ...