Practice patterns for oropharyngeal cancer in radiation oncology centers of Turkey.

Aims And Background: The aim of the study was to review the current clinical practices of radiation oncologists involved in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer.

Methods And Study Design: The daily practices of radiation oncology centers for patients diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer in 2010 were evaluated by a two-part questionnaire that separately assessed the information of the participating center and the charts of the treated patients.

Results: A total of 22 centers participated in the study, and 105 oropharyngeal cancer patients reported for our review.

Can carotid-sparing radiotherapy approaches replace with conventional techniques for the patients with T1 glottic larynx cancer?

Objectives: This study aims to compare the carotid artery doses applied with various radiotherapy techniques for the treatment of T1N0 glottic larynx cancer.

Patients And Methods: Five patients were simulated with using computed tomography (CT). Clinical (CTV) and planning target volumes (PTV) were created for T1N0 glottic larynx cancer.

A review for solitary plasmacytoma of bone and extramedullary plasmacytoma.

Solitary plasmacytoma (SP) is characterized by a mass of neoplastic monoclonal plasma cells in either bone (SBP) or soft tissue without evidence of systemic disease attributing to myeloma. Biopsy confirmation of a monoclonal plasma cell infiltration from a single site is required for diagnosis. The common presentation of SBP is in the axial skeleton, whereas the extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is usually seen in the head and neck.

Outcome and prognostic factors in olfactory neuroblastoma: a rare cancer network study.

Purpose: To assess the outcome in patients with olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB).

Methods And Materials: Seventy-seven patients treated for nonmetastatic ONB between 1971 and 2004 were included. According to Kadish classification, there were 11 patients with Stage A, 29 with Stage B, and 37 with Stage C.

Osteoporosis in women with breast cancer and its effect on quality of life: a pilot study.

Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of osteoporosis (OP) in patients who had received adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. The secondary aim was to investigate the effect of OP on the quality of life of these patients.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-six patients with breast cancer and 21 healthy controls were recruited into the study.

Postoperative radiotherapy in the management of resected non-small-cell lung carcinoma: 10 years' experience in a single institute.

Purpose: This study reports the long term outcomes of postoperative radiotherapy in patients with resection for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods And Materials: A total of 98 patients with resected NSCLC who received postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) between January 1994 and December 2004 were retrospectively analyzed. The most frequently performed surgical procedure was lobectomy (59 patients), followed by pneumonectomy (25), wedge resection (8), and bilobectomy (6).

Depression and anxiety levels in woman under follow-up for breast cancer: relationship to coping with cancer and quality of life.

Aim: The relation of anxiety and depression levels with characteristics of coping with the disease and quality of life were evaluated in women under follow-up for breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: Patients who had presented to the breast cancer polyclinics for follow-up were evaluated. The Beck Depression and the State-Trait Anxiety inventories were used in the evaluation of depression and anxiety levels.

Patterns of care for lung cancer in radiation oncology departments of Turkey.

Purpose: To determine the patterns of care for lung cancer in Turkish radiation oncology centers.

Methods And Materials: Questionnaire forms from 21 of 24 (87.5%) centers that responded were evaluated.

High dose rate endobronchial brachytherapy in the management of lung cancer: response and toxicity evaluation in 158 patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the symptomatic and endoscopic responses as well as the toxicities in 158 patients with endobronchial lung cancer treated with high dose rate endobronchial brachytherapy (HDR-EB). Forty-three patients with stage III NSCLC were treated with 60Gy external beam radiotherapy (ERT) and three applications of 5Gy each of HDR-EB (group A). Seventy-four patients who did not receive previous RT were treated with 30Gy ERT and two applications of 7.

Definitive radiotherapy with interstitial implant boost for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue base.

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term outcome of a cohort of patients with unresected base of tongue carcinoma who received interstitial brachytherapy after comprehensive external beam radiation therapy.

Methods: Between 1983 and 2000, 122 patients with primary or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx or oral cavity received interstitial brachytherapy as part of their overall management. Forty patients had primary, unresected carcinoma of the base of tongue and are the subjects of this analysis.