Publications by authors named "Ismail Bayrakci"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how the combination of HALP score and TTCR score influences overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in prostate cancer patients who developed castration resistance.
- A total of 152 metastatic prostate cancer patients were analyzed, categorized based on median cut-off values for HALP (30.83 months) and TTCR (16.1 months), resulting in three risk stratification groups.
- The findings indicated that lower HALP scores and shorter TTCR were linked to significantly worse PFS, and that combining these factors improved predictions for OS and PFS in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Our aim was to assess the efficacy of adjuvant programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) inhibitors and compare the other adjuvant treatments in patients with surgically resected stage III or IV acral melanoma. This study is a multicenter, retrospective analysis. We included 114 patients with stage III or IV acral malignant melanoma who underwent surgery within the past 10 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Acromegaly causes multiple comorbidities, including gastrointestinal disorders. The present study evaluated the frequency of hiatal hernia and other upper gastrointestinal pathologies in patients with acromegaly, given that visceromegaly and reduced nitric oxide levels in acromegaly may impact diaphragm and lower esophageal sphincter function and thus possibly the development of hiatal hernia.
Methods: Thirty-nine acromegaly patients followed our center for the previous 6months were recruited.