Bartholin's gland adenoid cystic carcinoma: Report of three cases and the review of literature.

The adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of Bartholin's gland is a very rare tumor that usually grows aggressively due to perineural invasion. Although there is no guideline for the treatment due to the small number of patients, the primary treatment is considered as surgery. Adjuvant radiotherapy has also been shown to be beneficial.

Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Consolidation Chemotherapy Is Safe and Effective in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Comparative Short-term Results of Multicenter Propensity Score Case-Matched Study.

Background: Consolidation chemotherapy strategies have demonstrated improved pathological complete response and tumor downstaging rates for patients diagnosed with rectal cancer.

Objective: This study aimed to compare perioperative outcomes and pathological complete response rates among different neoadjuvant treatment strategies in patients undergoing total mesorectal excision for locally advanced rectal cancer.

Design: Propensity score case-matched study.

Urachal adenocarcinoma: A case report and review of the literature.

The urachus is a canal between the allantois and the early fetal bladder. Urachal carcinoma is a rare and aggressive type of bladder cancer. This cancer usually presents at an advanced stage.

Stereotactic MR-guided online adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) for the treatment of liver metastases in oligometastatic patients: initial clinical experience.

Purpose: We aimed to present our initial clinical experience on the implementation of a stereotactic MR-guided online adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) for the treatment of liver metastases in oligometastatic disease.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-one patients (24 lesions) with liver metastasis treated with SMART were included in this retrospective study. Step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy technique was used with daily plan adaptation.

Oligometastatic Bone Disease in Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT: TROD 09-004 Study.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of metastasis-directed treatment (MDT) using stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for bone-only oligometastasis (OM) detected with gallium prostate-specific membrane antigen (68Ga-PSMA) PET/CT in castration-sensitive prostate cancer (PC) patients.

Methods: In this multi-institutional study, clinical data of 74 PC patients with 153 bone lesions who were undergoing MDT were retrospectively evaluated. Twenty-seven patients (36.

Evaluation of the relationship between serum ghrelin levels and cancer cachexia in patients with locally advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy.

Background: Ghrelin plays a role in mechanisms related to cancer progression - including cell proliferation, invasion and migration, and resistance to apoptosis in the cell lines from several cancers. We investigated the role of ghrelin levels in cancer cachexia-anorexia in patients with locally advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

Materials And Methods: This study involved 84 NSCLC patients who had received concomitant CRT.

Radionuclide Therapy With 177Lu-PSMA in a Case of Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Parotid.

In vivo prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) overexpression creates an opportunity for PSMA-directed theranostic approach in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid. Herein, we illustrate a patient with metastatic PSMA-directed theranostic approach in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid who had intense PSMA uptake on metastatic lesions, followed by radionuclide therapy with Lu-PSMA.

Treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients with Gleason score 8-10 treated with definitive radiotherapy : TROD 09-001 multi-institutional study.

Purpose: To validate the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in prostate cancer (PCa) patients with Gleason score (GS) 8-10 disease treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) + androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the modern era.

Methods: Institutional databases of biopsy proven 641 patients with GS 8-10 PCa treated between 2000 and 2015 were collected from 11 institutions. In this multi-institutional Turkish Radiation Oncology Group study, a standard database sheet was sent to each institution for patient enrollment.

Dealing with the gray zones in the management of gastric cancer: The consensus statement of the İstanbul Group.

The geographical location and differences in tumor biology significantly change the management of gastric cancer. The prevalence of gastric cancer ranks fifth and sixth among men and women, respectively, in Turkey. The international guidelines from the Eastern and Western countries fail to manage a considerable amount of inconclusive issues in the management of gastric cancer.

Nimotuzumab-containing regimen for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: a retrospective multicenter study and review of the literature.

Purpose: Nimotuzumab is an IgG1 antibody that targets epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Overexpression of EGFR is detected in some pediatric brain tumors including diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG)s.

Methods: Since May 2010, nimotuzumab, combined with carboplatin or vinorelbine or Temozolomide (TMZ), was administered during progressive disease (PD) after the use of the institutional protocol consisting of radiotherapy (RT) + TMZ and adjuvant TMZ.

Monitoring of platelet function parameters and microRNA expression levels in patients with prostate cancer treated with volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy.

Radiotherapy (RT) may result in platelet activation and thrombosis development. To the best of our knowledge, the potential effect of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT), a novel radiotherapy technique, on platelet function and microRNA (miRNA/miR) expression has not been previously investigated. The present study aimed to determine the effect of VMAT on the alterations in platelet function parameters and miRNA expression levels.

Osteosarcoma of the rib: A rare presentation.

In children and adolescents with chest pain and dyspnea, pneumonia, pleural effusion, and empyema are the frequent causes in the differential diagnosis. Malignant tumors of the chest wall are rare and most originate from the ribs. In children, the most frequent malignant tumor of the rib is Ewing's sarcoma.

Management of primary malignant bone and soft tissue tumors of foot and ankle: Is it worth salvaging?

Background And Objective: Performing limb salvage with safe margins and preserving meaningful function is very difficult in the setting of primary malignant bone and soft tissue tumors due to the complex and constrained anatomy of the foot and ankle. The study aims to evaluate the efficacy of limb salvage procedures in terms of functional and oncological outcomes.

Methods: Clinical data of 48 patients, who underwent surgical treatment between 1992 and 2015 in our institution, were retrospectively analyzed.

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy for myxoid liposarcomas: Oncologic outcomes and histopathologic correlations.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological features of primary extremity myxoid liposarcoma before and after neoadjuvant radiation therapy, and to evaluate the oncological outcomes of the patients.

Methods: The study included 23 patients (16 men and 7 women with a mean age of 43 (24-69) years) with primary myxoid liposarcoma of the extremities, who were treated between January 1998 and December 2015. Inclusion criteria were histopathological confirmation of the diagnosis with both the initial biopsy and the resection specimen, and having undergone neoadjuvant radiotherapy.

Neoadjuvant sequential chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for treatment of high-risk extremity soft tissue sarcoma: a single-institution experience.

Aim Of The Study: Patients with large and high-grade extremity soft-tissue sarcoma are at significant risk for distant metastasis and sarcoma-related death. There is no randomized trial comparing chemoradiotherapy to radiotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting for high risk extremity soft-tissue sarcoma. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of patients treated with two different modalities (neoadjuvant sequential chemoradiotherapy vs.

Conventionally Fractionationed Volumetric Arc Therapy versus Hypofractionated Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: Quality of Life, Side Effects, and Prostate-Specific Antigen Kinetics in Localized Prostate Cancer.

Objectives: To compare conventionally fractionationed volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) and hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) modalities in terms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics, toxicity, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with localized prostate cancer.

Methods: Patients received radical radiotherapy as either 33.5 Gy/5 fr for SBRT or 75.

Impact of Superoxide Dismutase-Gliadin on Radiation-induced Fibrosis: An Experimental Study.

Aim: Radiation-induced fibrosis (RIF) has since long been considered as irreversible. Further understanding of its mechanisms has led to trials investigating RIF treatment and prevention. The effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD)-gliadin, an oral form of SOD that resists gastrointestinal inactivation, on RIF treatment was evaluated in this experimental study.

Comparison of three dimensional conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for low radiation exposure of normal tissue in patients with prostate cancer.

Radiotherapy has an important role in the treatment of prostate cancer. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) techniques are all applied for this purpose. However, the risk of secondary radiation-induced bladder cancer is significantly elevated in irradiated patients compared surgery-only or watchful waiting groups.

Survival and prognostic factors in adult patients with recurrent or refractory ewing sarcoma family tumours: a 13-years retrospective study in Turkey.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the results of treatment and prognostic factors in adult patients with recurrent or refractory Ewing's sarcoma family tumors (ESFT).

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated treatment outcomes of 54 consecutive patients with ESFT (aged 15 years or more) with complete medical records, who were treated with multimodal therapies after recurrence at the Istanbul University, Institute of Oncology.

Results: The commonly used chemotherapy regimens at relapse were ifosfamide and etoposide (IE), ifosfamide and etoposide plus carboplatin (ICE), and oral etoposide.

The clinical effect of a positive surgical margin and adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of resectable desmoid tumors.

Desmoid tumors (DTs) are benign tumors that exhibit fibroblastic proliferation, which arises from fascial or musculoaponeurotic structures. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics and outcomes of patients with resectable DTs. A total of 21 patients were included and their clinicopathological characteristics were retrospectively analyzed.

A modified protocol with vincristine, topotecan, and cyclophosphamide for recurrent/progressive ewing sarcoma family tumors.

Purpose: Topotecan has recently been used in the treatment of pediatric cancer. We evaluated our experience with the modified combination of vincristine, topotecan, and cyclophosphamide (VTC) given in 3 days, in children with recurrent Ewing sarcoma.

Method: Children received vincristine (1.

Pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma patients from a single center.

Background: The prognosis of children with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) is dismal. This study aims to evaluate the characteristics and treatment outcome of children with DIPG in a single center.

Methods: We reviewed the outcome of children with DIPG treated at the Oncology Institute of Istanbul University from February 1999 to May 2012.

[Sinonasal extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: a case report and review of recent developments in the management].

Nasal extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, which is a highly aggressive disease, is more frequently seen in Asia than in Western countries. No consensus has been reached on the management of the disease and the survival depends on the stage of the disease. Localized NK/T-cell lymphoma often responds to radiotherapy well.