Sex differences in clinical and polysomnographic features of obstructive sleep apnea: The Turkish sleep apnea database (TURKAPNE) cohort.

Background: Previous reports from relatively small clinical cohorts have suggested that the clinical presentation of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) differs between men and women.

Objective: We aimed to explore sex differences in clinical and polysomnographic features of OSA in a large nationwide registry.

Methods: Participants from the ongoing Turkish Sleep Apnea Database (TURKAPNE) Study from 34 centers were included in the current analysis.

COVID-19 disease in children and adolescents following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A report from the Turkish pediatric bone marrow transplantation study group.

Background: Data on the risk factors and outcomes for pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are limited.

Objectives: The study aimed to analyze the clinical signs, risk factors, and outcomes for ICU admission and mortality in a large pediatric cohort who underwent allogeneic HSCT prior to COVID-19 infection.

Method: In this nationwide study, we retrospectively reviewed the data of 184 pediatric HSCT recipients who had COVID-19 between March 2020 and August 2022.

Comparison of clinicopathological and prognostic features of breast cancer patients younger than 40 years and older than 65 years.

Purpose: This study aims to compare the clinicopathological and prognostic features of women aged 40 years and younger and 65 years and older with breast cancer.

Methods: Between January 2011 and December 2021, 136 female cases aged 40 years and younger and 223 female cases aged 65 and over were identified among all cases (1395 cases) registered as breast cancer in the file archives of Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology for the study. A Chi-square (× 2) test was used for categorical variables, and an independent sample t-test for continuous variables.

Atherogenic Indices Can Predict Atherosclerosis in Patients with Sarcoidosis.

Background: Sarcoidosis, a multisystemic disease of unknown etiology, is characterized by non-caseating granulomatous inflammation. This study aimed to investigate the efficiency of atherogenic indices and ultrasonographic evaluation of carotid artery on predicting atherosclerosis in patients with sarcoidosis.

Methods: The study included 44 subjects followed with diagnosis of sarcoidosis and 53 age and gender matched healthy subjects as controls.

A New Prognostic Index in Young Breast Cancer Patients.

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic role of pan immune-inflammation value (PIV) in young breast cancer patients.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Medical Oncology, Afyon University of Health Sciences, School of Medicine Hospital, Turkey, between January 2010 and December 2020.

Prognostic role of pre-operative serum ferritin level in stage 2 colon cancer.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative serum ferritin level in patients with stage 2 colon cancer who underwent curative surgery.

Patients And Methods: The data of 120 patients who were stage 2 after curative surgery and whose ferritin levels were measured at the time of diagnosis without starting any treatment were analyzed. Demographic data such as age and gender, histopathological characteristics such as tumor size, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), perineural invasion (PNI), number of removed lymph nodes, tumor grade, and clinical and laboratory data were retrieved from the hospital medical charts or electronic medical records.

The View of Turkish Oncologists Regarding MSI Status and Tumor Localization in Stage II and III Colon Cancer.

Introduction: Although several clinical factors which show the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) in early-stage colon cancer use for evaluating the risk of relapse, there is no consensus on which risk factors are more reliable. In this study, we evaluated both the utility of MSI and the daily practice of the Turkish oncologists in stage II and III colon cancer.

Material And Method: We conducted an online questionnaire which was consisting of twenty questions including the treatment choices and duration about stage II-III colon cancer depending on sidedness and risk factors for relapse.