Phenotyping of chronic pain in breast cancer survivors: an original study using the cancer pain phenotyping (CANPPHE) Network multidisciplinary international guidelines.

Purpose: The primary aim of this cross-sectional study is to examine the prevalence of pain phenotypes in breast cancer survivors (BCS). A secondary aim entails examining whether health related quality of life differs between the main pain phenotypes in BCS.

Methods: BCS who experienced chronic pain were asked to complete the numeric pain rating scale for pain, Margolis pain diagram, and short form 36 (SF-36).

Fluence map analyzer reduces low dose volume in locally advanced post mastectomy breast cancer patients.

Multi-leaf collimator dose leakage in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plans causes higher low dose volume which increases the long-term risks of radiotherapy. We have developed Fluence Map Analyzer (FMA) program that suggests the ideal field geometry to reduce low dose volume in locally advanced breast cancer IMRT plans. In this comparative experimental study, FMA has been applied to standard IMRT plans (STD-IMRT) of randomly selected 15 left and 15 right-sided locally advanced breast cancer patients.

Current treatment strategies in malignant pleural mesothelioma with a treatment algorithm.

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is arare disease with apoor prognosis. The main therapeutic options for MPM include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy (RT). Although multimodality therapy has been reported to improve survival, not every medically operable patient is able to undergo all recommended therapy.

[Our results of postoperative radiation therapy in patients with salivary gland cancer].

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate our single center experience in patients with a salivary gland tumor receiving postoperative radiation therapy (RT).

Patients And Methods: Between January 1996 and December 2011, the records of 34 salivary gland tumor patients who were operated and referred to our clinic for adjuvant RT were retrospectively analyzed. Radiation therapy was applied to the primary tumor and lymphatics at a median dose of 60 Gy (54 to 60 Gy) with 1.

Penile Mondor disease and its effect on erectile function: results of 30 patients.

Objective: To investigate the treatment outcomes among patients diagnosed with penile Mondor disease and to evaluate the effect of the disease on erectile function.

Methods: A total of 30 patients diagnosed with penile Mondor disease were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent physical examination and penile Doppler ultrasonography and filled in the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) questionnaire at regular intervals.

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of fetal maxillary sinuses.

Background And Objective: The growth of maxillary sinus is closely connected to the development of facial structures. However, its definition and reference standards on fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have not been analyzed so far. In this study, the objectives were to define and evaluate the fetal maxillary sinus (fMS) formation with MRI.

Evaluation of the placenta with relative apparent diffusion coefficient and T2 signal intensity analysis.

Purpose: We aimed to test the null hypothesis that relative apparent diffusion coefficient (rADC) and relative signal intensity values (rSI(HASTE)) do not change in the evaluation of placental maturation with advancing gestational age.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-six fetuses with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) data were enrolled in this retrospective study. Fetuses were analyzed in three different gestational age groups: group 1, 18-23 weeks; group 2, 24-28 weeks; and group 3, 29-38 weeks.

Dobrava hantavirus infection complicated by panhypopituitarism, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010.

We identified Dobrava-Belgrade virus infection in Turkey (from a strain related to hantavirus strains from nearby countries) in a patient who had severe symptoms leading to panhypopituitarism, but no known risk for hantavirus. Our findings emphasize the need for increased awareness of hantaviruses in the region and assessment of symptomatic persons without known risk factors for infection.

Will a crushed concha bullosa form again?

Objectives/hypothesis: This study endoscopically and radiologically evaluated whether a surgically crushed concha bullosa (CB) can form again.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Methods: This study included 14 adults who underwent CB surgery between March 2010 and February 2011.

Use of three-dimensional MRI-angiography in preoperative evaluation and postoperative management of hemangiomas of head and neck region.

Hemangiomas (proliferating endothelial tumors) are the most common benign tumors of infancy. Most often hemangiomas are self-regressing lesions without any treatment. Approximately 10% of hemangiomas cause complications such as major ulceration/destruction, distortion of involved tissues, and obstruction of a vital structure.

Early experience with intraluminal reinforcement of stapled gastrojejunostomy during laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Background: The use of extraluminal staple-line buttressing material during laparoscopic Roux-en-y gastric bypass has shown the potential to reduce staple-line leak and bleeding. We herein present our early experience with intraluminal reinforcement of linear-cutting stapled gastrojejunal anastomosis with the use of bioabsorbable glycolide copolymer staple-line reinforcement.

Methods: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was performed in 80 consecutive non-randomized morbidly obese patients.