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Brain metastasis in a patient with malignant melanoma: Melanotic pattern
(2017)
Dear Editor, A man aged 58 years who had been under follow up for malignant melanoma (MM) for six years, was admitted to the neurology outpatient clinic with symptoms of headache and loss of balance. He had had very severe ...
Advances in the management of unresectable or metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Chemotherapy, targeted therapy, hormonal treatment, and future directions
(Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 2015)
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are rare and heterogenous tumors and surgery to remove the primary tumor is the mainstay of treatment for resectable disease. However, curative surgery is often not feasible, because ...
Cytokeratin 18 for chemotherapy efficacy in gastric cancer
(AME Publishing Company, 2015)
Cytokeratin 18 (CK18) is the major component of intermediate filaments in epithelial cells and released into the blood in either intact (M65) or caspase-cleaved forms (M30) during apoptotic and necrotic cell death. M30 and ...
The clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic factors of gastroesophageal junction tumors according to Siewert classification
(AVES, 2017)
Objective: The treatment of gastroesophageal junction tumors remains controversial due to confusion on whether they should be considered as primary esophageal or as gastric tumors. The incidence of these tumors with poor ...
Prognostic significance of primary tumor localization in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: Is it beneficial to select targeted treatment? Real-life experience from Turkey
(Zerbinis Publications, 2021)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value,and the effect of primary tumor location on targeted therapy selection in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Methods: A total of ...
Merkel cell carcinoma in Turkey: A multicentric study
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021)
Background: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare but highly aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment outcomes, and survival of ...
Factors predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer
(Istanbul University, 2022)
Objective: In the treatment of local advanced gastric cancer (LAGC), it is recommended to start with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Although the benefits of NAC have been shown, it is still not fully understood which ...
Meme kanserli hastalarda kemoterapi sonrası bilişsel fonksiyonların aktivite performansı ve aktivite katılım üzerine olan etkisi
(AVES, 2021)
Amaç: Bilişsel fonksiyon problemleri kemoterapinin en yaygın yan etkileri arasında yer almaktadır. Bireyler tedavi bittikten sonra da bilişsel fonksiyon bozuklukları yaşamaya devam etmektedir. Meme kanseri atlatan bireyler ...
Efficacy and safety profile of COVID-19 vaccine in cancer patients: A prospective, multicenter cohort study
(Future Medicine Ltd, 2022)
Aim: To compare the seropositivity rate of cancer patients with non-cancer controls after inactive SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (CoronaVac) and evaluate the factors affecting seropositivity. Method: Spike IgG antibodies against ...
Platelet to lymphocyte ratio is associated with tumour localization and outcomes in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
(Oxford University Press, 2019)
Background The prognostic importance of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio(PLR)has been also investigated in some cancer types including colorectal cancer (CRC).Several studies have found that PLR is associated with poor prognosis ...
