Cancer incidence rates in Turkey in 2006: a detailed registry based estimation.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a detailed report on cancer incidence in Turkey, a relatively large country with a population of 72 million. We present the estimates of the cancer burden in Turkey for 2006, calculated using data from the eight population based cancer registries which have been set up in selected provinces representative of sociodemographic patterns in their regions.

Methods: We calculated age specific and age adjusted incidence rates (AAIR-world standard population) for each of registries separately.

Musical hallucinations and Parkinson disease.

Introduction: Musical hallucinations are complex auditory hallucinations. The term covers the clinical phenomenon of hearing tunes and melodies that are uncontrollable and not related to external stimuli. Musical hallucinations may be experienced in a variety of conditions including diseases of the ear and neurologic, psychiatric, infectious, and toxic states.

Intravenous theophylline decreases post-dural puncture headaches.

Post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is a common complication of lumbar puncture. As invasive treatments for PDPH have known complications, pharmacologic management may be preferable. The aim of this study was to evaluate and to compare the efficacy of intravenous theophylline treatment for PDPH, in comparison with a placebo.

Leukoaraiosis in stroke patients.

Pathogenesis of leukoaraiosis (LA) is not clearly understood and its significance in patients with stroke remains undetermined. In the Neurology Department of Ankara Hospital, computed tomography (CT) examination of brain was performed for various reasons in 288 patients. LA was detected in 178 patients by the use of brain CT.