Outcomes of fractionated CyberKnife radiosurgery in patients with choroidal malignant melanoma.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate local tumor control and complication development rates of fractionated CyberKnife radiosurgery (CRS) in patients with choroidal melanoma.

Methods: A total of 29 patients with choroidal melanoma were treated with fractionated CRS at Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Department of Radiotherapy between May 2009 and December 2013. Patients were treated with CRS if the initial height of the choroidal melanoma was ≥ 6 mm, or juxtapapillary and/or juxtamacular tumors with a height of >2.

Could the Thyroid Gland Dominate the Brain in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

Thyroid hormones have an essential role in brain maturation and neuronal functioning. The comorbidity of thyroid disorders and several mental disturbances is frequently reported. We aimed to evaluate the literature on the potential relationship between thyroid disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS).

The effect of high-dose cytarabine followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on the outcome of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HDAC)-containing treatments followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on the survival of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Material And Methods: The data of 27 MCL patients who were followed-up between January 2009 and December 2015 were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: The median age of the patients was 63 (range, 45-82) with 22 (81.