Publications by authors named "Ugur Karatas"
Purpose: Individuals with gender dysphoria (GD) may request hormone therapy and various surgical operations to change their physical characteristics. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of two treatments, mastectomy and gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), on adults with GD who were assigned female at birth (GD AFAB).
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we gathered data from a total of 269 individuals in three groups: (a) untreated group (n = 121), (b) GAHT group (n = 84) who had been receiving treatment for at least 6 months, and (c) GAHT-MAST group (n = 64) who had been using GAHT for at least 6 months and had undergone mastectomy at least 3 months prior.
Article Synopsis
- A study involving 100 gastric cancer patients and 100 controls explored the connection between two specific genetic variants, IRS1 Gly972Arg and IRS2 Gly1057Asp, and the likelihood of developing gastric cancer.
- Results indicated that individuals with certain genotypes (IRS1 Gly/Arg and Arg/Arg) had significantly higher odds of being diagnosed with gastric cancer, suggesting a potential genetic risk factor, although findings for the IRS2 variant were not statistically significant.