Publications by authors named "Ceren Barlas"

Purpose: To investigate salvage treatment approaches and treatment outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy (RP).

Methods: In this retrospective, multicenter study, 272 patients who underwent salvage radiotherapy (RT) ± androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for recurrent prostate cancer after RP between 2007 and 2021 were analysed. Univariate analyses of time to biochemical and clinical relapse after salvage therapies were conducted using Kaplan-Meier plots and log-rank tests.

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Objective: To investigate interfractional motion of the mesorectum and bladder and to assess dosimetric changes using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) during neoadjuvant radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer patients.

Methods: Twenty-one patients who underwent volumetric arc therapy with CBCT imaging protocol were retrieved. The mesorectum and bladder were delineated on every CBCT image, and treatment plans were recalculated for all CBCTs.

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Background: Radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) is one of the most important late complications during head and neck radiotherapy and is recognized usually between 2-9 years after RT. Our study aims to prospectively without baseline measurement evaluate retinal and optic disc vascular changes and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) patients previously treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and with optic nerve doses are above 45 Gy.

Methods: Fourteen NPC patients and sixteen age-matched healthy control subjects were included in our study.

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Purpose: To investigate the predictive and prognostic role of pretreatment hematological parameters for tumor response and outcomes in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients undergoing surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT).

Methods: From 2010 to 2016, 53 patients with LARC who underwent surgery following nCRT were analyzed. All hematological parameters were obtained from the initial blood tests performed before nCRT.

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Purpose: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is an effective treatment modality for inoperable early-stage lung cancer or metastatic lung lesions. Post-SBRT, acute radiological lung changes sometimes mimic tumor progression, so over-investigation may be applied. We aimed to reveal the interobserver agreement among physicians regarding acute radiographic changes on CT of the thorax obtained shortly after SBRT MATERIALS AND METHODS: Radiologic images of 20 lesions treated with SBRT were evaluated for acute lung changes.

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