Publications by authors named "I Petekkaya"
Background: The management of early rectal cancer is different from that of colon cancer in terms of radiotherapy (RT) requirements or neoadjuvant treatment. It is not clear how the course of rectal cancer differs from that of the colon in a metastatic setting or how it should be approached differently. This study aimed to evaluate outcomes after combining downsizing chemotherapy (CTx) with rescue surgery.
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- This study aims to explore how inflammatory markers impact prognosis in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
- During the study, 81 patients were monitored, revealing that high levels of C-reactive protein, ferritin, and beta-2 microglobulin were linked to significantly shorter overall survival compared to those with normal levels.
- The findings suggest that serum CRP, ferritin, and β2-M could serve as important indicators for predicting overall survival in metastatic breast cancer patients.
Background: There are insufficient predictive markers for renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Methods: A total of 308 metastatic RCC patients were analyzed retrospectively.
Results: The increased hemoglobin (Hb) group had significantly higher progression-free survival and overall survival (OS) compared with the decreased Hb group at 11.
Background: We examined the impact of adjuvant modalities on resected pancreatic and periampullary adenocarcinoma (PAC).
Methods: A total of 563 patients who were curatively resected for PAC were retrospectively analyzed between 2003 and 2013.
Results: Of 563 patients, 472 received adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) alone, chemoradiotherapy (CRT) alone, and chemoradiotherapy plus chemotherapy (CRT-CT) were analyzed.
Renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the tongue: a case report and review of the literature.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
June 2015
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastatic to the head and neck region is quite rare. This report describes a case of RCC metastatic to the oral tongue presenting initially with a renal mass that evaded diagnosis by biopsy examination of the primary lesion and was eventually established as a papillary type RCC by lingual biopsy examination. The tongue mass progressed rapidly despite chemotherapy with interferon-α2b, caused difficulties with oral food intake, and thus necessitated removal by partial glossectomy.
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