Publications by authors named "Murat Can Mollaoglu"

Development of gastric cancer following bariatric surgery is very rare. Nearly all patients with cancer after mini gastric bypass/one anastomosis gastric bypass have carcinoma in their remnant stomach. This is the first case with the development of gastric cancer in the gastric pouch following mini gastric bypass surgery.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the symptom management and the functional status of women who underwent surgery for breast cancer.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital surgical oncology clinic. This study was conducted on 80 patients who had undergone breast cancer surgery in the last 5 years in a surgical oncology clinic of a university hospital.

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Introduction: Malign peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is an uncommon disease that is difficult to treat. Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) are the gold standards for treating MPM. Sometimes extreme cytoreductive surgery (eCRS) is required to achieve complete cytoreduction, which is one of the most important prognostic factors.

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Objective: To investigate the role of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) in determining the maximum number of axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) detectable in sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Turkiye, from January 2015 to August 2021.

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Objective: To investigate the association between the ratio of negative/positive lymph nodes (RNP) and other clinic pathological parameters.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study:  Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey, from February 2008 to December 2019.

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Background: In peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), increased life span and disease-free survival times are shown in patients with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (EPIC) following cytoreductive surgery (SRC). In this study, our main objective was to present our experience of performing SRC and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC and EPIC) on patients with PC, in light of the literature.

Methods: Demographic data, follow-up results, peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI), completeness of cytoreduction (CCR) score, and morbidity and mortality rates of 180 patients treated with SRC + HIPEC + EPIC for PC at the Department of Surgical Oncology at Sivas Cumhuriyet University between January 2008 and July 2020 were analyzed retrospectively.

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