The Predictive Role of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients With Larynx Cancer Undergoing Definitive Radiotherapy.

Inflammation plays an important role in the process of cancer development. The number of studies evaluating the ability of inflammatory biomarkers to predict survival has increased in recent years. This study aimed to comprehensively evaluate the predictive role of inflammatory biomarkers in patients with larynx cancer undergoing definitive radiotherapy.

Comparison of Doses to Parotid, Temporomandibular Joint, and Pharyngeal Constrictor Muscles Using Different Techniques in Radiotherapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer.

Objective: The purpose of this research was to compare two treatment techniques for oropharyngeal cancers: conventional linac-based static intensity-modulated radiotherapy (sIMRT) and helical tomotherapy (HT). The study examined several parameters, including target coverage, organs at risk, integral dose, and beam on time. Additionally, the study evaluated the doses to the parotid, temporomandibular joint, and pharyngeal constrictor muscles, which are important for swallowing.

Hybrid Tomo-Helical and Tomo-Direct radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer.

Purpose: The aim of the study is to present a new planning approach to provide better planning target volume (PTV) coverage and reduce bladder and rectum dose with hybrid Tomo-Helical (TH)/Tomo-Direct (TD) radiotherapy (RT) for localized prostate cancer (LPC).

Methods: Twenty-five LPC patients were included in this retrospective study. TH plans, TD plans, and hybrid TH/TD plans were created.

Dosimetric comparison of different treatment planning techniques with International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements Report-83 recommendations in adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy of gynecological malignancies.

Aim: The study evaluates the different treatment planning techniques according to three recommendation levels of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements Report-83 in gynecologic cancer patients treated with adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy (APR).

Materials And Methods: Computerized tomography images of ten endometrial and cervical cancer patients who were treated with APR were assessed. For each patient, five different treatment plans were created.

Prognostic factors in clinical stage T4N2 locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: Relatively few studies have focused on T4N2 (stage IIIB) locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this study, we tried to identify prognostic factors for patients with clinical stage T4N2 NSCLC.

Methods: We retrospectively identified 223 patients, of which 168 met the inclusion criteria.

Treatment outcomes and survival study of gastric cancer patients: a retrospective analysis in an endemic region.

Purpose: To present information about prognostic factors of gastric cancer patients treated in our Erzurum center including age, gender, tumour location, pathological grade, stage and the effect of treatment on survival.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study was performed on patients who applied to our clinic and diagnosed as gastric cancer. Age and gender of the patients, primary location, histopathological characteristics, TNM stage of the gastric cancers (GCs), treatment applied, oncological treatment modalities and survival outcomes were studied.

Dietary and demographical risk factors for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey where upper gastrointestinal cancers are endemic.

Background: Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is endemic in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. The present study was performed to identify risk factors for ESCC that specifically reflect the demography and nutritional habits of individuals living in this region.

Materials And Methods: The following parameters were compared in 208 ESCC patients and 200 control individuals in the Eastern Anatolian region: age, sex, place of living, socioeconomic level, education level, smoking, alcohol intake, nutritional habits, and food preservation methods.

Cancer pain prevalence and its management.

Pain is a public health problem affecting more than half of cancer patients. Despite the success of the protocols currently used, pain cannot still be reduced satisfactorily in the large majority of patients. In order to improve pain management, all healthcare professionals involved with pain should have sufficient knowledge on pain assessment and treatment, and should inform patients to prevent patient-related barriers.

Comparison of linear accelerator and helical tomotherapy plans for glioblastoma multiforme patients.

Background: Despite advances in radiotherapy, overall survival of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients is still poor. Moreover dosimetrical analyses with these newer treatment methods are insufficient. The current study is aimed to compare intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) linear accelerator (linac) and helical tomotherapy (HT) treatment plans for patients with prognostic aggressive brain tumors.

Impact of poster presentations on academic knowledge transfer from the oncologist perspective in Turkey.

Background: Currently poster presentations offer a common visual medium for knowledge transfer by a wide range of health professionals. Our study aimed to determine the scientific importance of poster presentations for Medical and Radiation Oncologists.

Methods: A survey form including 40 questions was distributed to a total of 131 oncologists experienced in poster presentations.

Prominent response with helical tomotherapy in recurrent ameloblastic carcinoma of maxillary sinus: a case report.

Introduction: Ameloblastoma is a benign but locally aggressive tumor of odontogenic epithelial tissue. Reports of radiotherapy treatment modalities are limited in the literature.

Case Presentation: A thirty-five year old male presented with complaints of headache radiating to his face for about six months and impaired vision.

Painful plantar heel spur treatment with Co-60 teletherapy: factors influencing treatment outcome.

Background: Painful plantar heel spur (PPHS) is a benign disorder with painful heels as a result of plantar calcaneal bone spur. Exact etiological factors are still unclear. Treatment typically consists of osteoarthritis tretment schedules and surgical techniques.

A rare cause of the cough: primary small cell carcinoma of esophagus-case report.

Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is a relatively rare malignancy. It is highly progressive and poorly prognostic in untreated conditions. In the western populations, the rate of primary small cell carcinoma in all esophageal cancer types is between 0.

Incidence and risk factors of the secondary skin infections in patients with radiodermatitis.

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the incidence and risk factors of secondary infected radiodermatitis in patients receiving radiotherapy and to determine isolated microorganisms' resistance profiles to different antimicrobial agents.

Materials And Methods: The study comprised 62 patients admitted to the Regional Training and Research Hospital from January 2009 to January 2010. Radiodermatitis was graded according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Toxicity Criteria version 3.

Pregnancy a short time after multimodal therapy for bilateral breast cancer: a case report and review of literature.

Pregnancy occurring after multimodal therapy in a woman with breast cancer with a 1-year follow-up period is a relatively rare condition and has been defined as pregnancy-associated breast cancer. A patient can become pregnant after chemotherapy for breast cancer while she is on tamoxifen. However, the effects of tamoxifen on fetus and on the course of the pregnancy are still unknown.

Genomic instability in patients with Barrett's esophagus.

Our study aimed to determine, by counting sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and micronucleus (MN) frequencies, whether genetic impairment and DNA damage have an effect on the pathogenesis of Barrett's esophagus (BE). This study was conducted between June 2007 and November 2008 in the Erzurum Training and Research Hospital. We analyzed SCE and MN frequencies in 30 patients with BE, and in 30 control cases.

Dietary Habits, demographical, and socio-economical risk factors of the newly diagnosed gastric cancers in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey: an endemic upper gastrointestinal cancer region.

The Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey is an endemic upper gastrointestinal (esophageal and gastric) cancer region, and the incidence of these cancers are still increasing in the region. We investigated demographic features, dietary habits, and some possible etiologic factors for this high prevalence. Special attention was given to the relationship between consumption of boiled yellow butter and the occurrence of gastric cancer.

Intraperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma: a case report.

Dedifferentiated liposarcoma is a variant of liposarcoma with a more aggressive course. Mutations of the p53 gene have been found in different types of soft tissue sarcoma. It is generally accepted that p53 mutations in human malignant tumors are often related to a poor prognosis.

Unilateral syringoma of the face associated with hyperthyroidism.

Syringomas are benign tumors derived from the intraepidermal portion of eccrine sweat ducts. They usually occur on the periobital area, but have also been found on the scalp, forehead, cheeks, axillae, abdomen, extremities, genitalia, and buttocks. We describe a patient with an unusual presentation of unilateral syringoma of the face associated with hyperthyroidism.