De Novo Malignancies After Kidney Transplant: Where Do We Stand and Does the Head and Neck Region Require More Caution?

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of de novo malignancies arising in kidney transplant recipients followed in a tertiary hospital in Turkey and to examine the tumors in the head and neck region as a subgroup.

Materials And Methods: Data from kidney transplant recipients treated at our institution between January 2010 and July 2022 were retrospectively analyzed in this single-center study. Data regarding malignancies were noted according to the pathologists' reports.

Pertuzumab, trastuzumab and taxane-based treatment for visceral organ metastatic, trastuzumab-naïve breast cancer: real-life practice outcomes.

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to describe the real-life practice outcomes of pertuzumab-trastuzumab-taxane (PTT) combination in visceral organ metastatic, trastuzumab-naive breast cancer (BC) patients.

Methods: This study was conducted by Turkish Oncology Group and included 317 patients' data from 36 centers.

Results: Median age was 51 (22-82).

The effect of lateral pectoral nerve sparing technique and radiotherapy on the pectoralis major muscle applied with modified radical mastectomy.

Background/objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate with electromyography (EMG) the effect of lateral pectoral nerve sparing technique (LPNST) and radiotherapy (RT) on the lateral pectoral nerve (LPN) in patients applied with modified radical mastectomy (MRM).

Methods: The study included 66 patients who underwent MRM surgery. The patients were separated into 2 groups as those applied with LPNST and those who underwent standard surgery (Control group).

High levels of platelet/lymphocyte ratio are associated with metastatic gastric cancer.

Purpose: The predictive and prognostic value of cheap, easily accessible and commonly available complete blood count parameters has already been studied in a variety of cancers. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the association between pretreatment platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and metastatic gastric cancer.

Methods: The records of 228 patients dating from January 2010 to June 2014 were retrospectively evaluated.

Morphine: patient knowledge and attitudes in the central anatolia part of Turkey.

Background: In Muslim majority countries (MMC) opioid use for pain management is extremely low. The underlying factors contributing to this are not well defined.

Aim: The aim of this study was to survey the attitudes of cancer patients towards morphine use for pain management in a MMC and identify the factors that influence patient decisions to accept or refuse morphine as treatment for cancer pain.