Pretreatment PLR Is Preferable to NLR and LMR as a Predictor in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Bladder Cancer.

Background/aim: Advanced bladder cancer (BC) is associated with an inflammatory nature and poor prognosis Inflammatory biomarkers are potential predictors in BC. We conducted a study to assess the prognostic value of the pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) in advanced bladder cancer.

Patients And Methods: A total of 226-patients with muscle-invasive BC (MIBC) were included.

The Effect of Continuing Chemotherapy after Chemoradiotherapy during the Time to Surgery on Tumor Response and Survival for Local Advanced Rectal Cancer.

Aim: The current standard treatment of locally advanced rectal carcinoma is total mesorectal excision and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (NCRT). Many studies have shown that pathological complete response (pCR) is an important prognostic factor for patients receiving NCRT. Many studies have therefore been conducted to increase pCR rates by changing the perioperative treatment strategies.

The Real-Life Data of BRAF Mutation on the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: a TOG Study.

Purpose: Colorectal cancer is the third leading diagnosis accounting for nearly 10% of all new cancers worldwide. The distinct features among BRAF mutant colorectal cancers make these tumor groups hard to treat for oncologists. The median overall survival (OS) of these types of cancers is reported to be 9 to 14 months.

Retrospective evaluation of patients diagnosed solid pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas.

Purpose: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) is a rare, low-grade neoplasm with excellent prognosis. In this study, we evaluated clinicopathological characteristics of patients diagnosed with SPN retrospectively.

Methods: This is a retrospective study intended to characterize patients with the diagnosis of SPN between 2005 and 2015.

Central nervous system metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer. Clinical parameters and prognostic factors: a multicenter study of Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology.

Unlabelled: Central nervous system (CNS) metastasis is a rare event in the course of late stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC); however its incidence is increasing in parallel with prolonged survival of patients.

Objective: The authors assessed the clinical parameters and potential prognostic features in patients with CNS metastatic disease.

Materials And Methods: Clinical data of the 33 patients from the participating centers were retrospectively collected and analyzed.