Can neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and mean platelet volume be used to predict metastasis in individuals with lung cancer?

Chronic inflammation plays an important role in the etiopathogenesis of many life-threatening chronic diseases, including cancer. Currently, the relationship between inflammation, native immunity and cancer is widely accepted; however, many of the mechanisms mediating this relationship remain undetermined and the clinical significance of these markers is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and mean platelet volume (MPV) to indicate the existence of metastasis in lung cancer.

Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates by their insecticidal activity and their production of Cry and Vip3 proteins.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) constitutes the active ingredient of many successful bioinsecticides used in agriculture. In the present study, the genetic diversity and toxicity of Bt isolates was investigated by characterization of native isolates originating from soil, fig leaves and fruits from a Turkish collection. Among a total of 80 Bt isolates, 18 of them were found carrying a vip3 gene (in 23% of total), which were further selected.

Portal Vein Embolization: Impact of Chemotherapy and Genetic Mutations.

We characterized the effect of systemic therapy given after portal vein embolization (PVE) and before hepatectomy on hepatic tumor and functional liver remnant (FLR) volumes. All 76 patients who underwent right PVE from 2002-2016 were retrospectively studied. Etiologies included colorectal cancer ( = 44), hepatocellular carcinoma ( = 17), cholangiocarcinoma ( = 10), and other metastases ( = 5).

A Presentation of Lyme Disease: Pseudotumor Cerebri.

Lyme disease is caused by a tick-transmitted spirochete, B. burgdorferi. It can present with both central and peripheral nervous system manifestations, including aseptic meningitis, meningoencephalitis, Bell's palsy and other cranial neuropathies, radiculoneuritis, and myelitis.

Definitive chemoradiotherapy in Stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer: Turkey experience.

Aim: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is the standard therapy for patients with unresectable Stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of concurrent CRT in unresectable Stage III NSCLC in Turkey.

Patients And Methods: The study included 82 patients with histologically proven unresectable Stage III NSCLC, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-1, who received concurrent CRT in two different referral centers.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Childhood Period Nasopharynx Cancer.

Background: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rarely seen tumor in childhood. It is mostly detected late as the clinical features are similar to other childhood tumors which affect the nasopharynx and adenoidal hypertrophy. Therefore, the radiological features of childhood tumors of the nasopharynx must be well known.

Feeding strategy design for recombinant human growth hormone production by Bacillus subtilis.

Defined and semi-defined medium-based feeding strategies were developed to enhance recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) production by Bacillus subtilis BGSC-1A178 (scoC (-)) strain carrying pMK4::pre(subC)::hGH. Defined medium-based feeding strategies were designed by exponential feeding of glucose and (NH4)2HPO4 at two pre-determined specific growth rates, µ 0 = 0.10 and 0.

Columnar cell lesions of the breast: radiological features and histological correlation.

Objective: This study aimed at investigating the characteristic imaging findings of the columnar cell lesions (CCLs) of the breast via mammography (MG), ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Materials And Methods: The MG, US and MRI findings of 72 patients with histopathological diagnosis of CCLs were retrospectively evaluated. Histopathologically, the CCLs were divided into those with and without atypia; the radiological findings of these two groups were compared with a Chi-square test.

Assessment of hepatic steatosis on contrast enhanced computed tomography in patients with colorectal cancer.

Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is often seen in patients with colorectal cancer. Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are related to increased risk of colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to quantitatively determine the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and colorectal cancer with the examination of routine abdominopelvic computed tomography images taken for staging.

MRI analysis of coracohumeral interval width and its relation to rotator cuff tear.

Objective: Coracoid impingement is an uncommon cause of the shoulder pain. It is stimulated by adduction, internal rotation and forward flexion. These positions decrease the width of the coracohumeral interval.

Relationship between levels of serum creatinine and perirenal hyperintensity on heavily T2-weighted MR images.

Objective: To determine the frequency of perirenal hyperintensity on heavily T2-weighted images and to evaluate its relationship with serum creatinine levels.

Subjects And Methods: Axial and coronal single-shot fast spin-echo images which have been originally obtained for MR cholangiopancreatography in 150 subjects were examined by two observers individually for the presence of perirenal hyperintensity. The morphologic properties of perirenal hyperintensity (peripheral rim-like, discontinuous, polar) were recorded.