The prognostic role of whole-body volumetric positron emission tomography/computed tomography parameters in treatment naive colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases.

Purpose: The present study aimed to predict the prognostic role of quantitative 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography parameters such as maximum standardized uptake value (SUV max ), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) obtained from primary tumor, lymph node metastases, and liver metastasis (LM) in patients with colorectal LM (CLM).

Material And Method: The research was designed as a retrospective study and 66 patients with CLM were enrolled between January 2017 and December 2018. Primary tumor SUV max (PSUV max ), liver SUV max (LSUV max ), and lymph node SUV max (LnSUV max ) values obtained from the primary tumor, liver, and lymph nodes were recorded.

Treatment initiation rates of patients with positive anti-hepatitis C virus results in tertiary hospitals in Turkey.

Introduction: The aim of this national, multicenter, cross-sectional, retrospective chart review study was to determine the proportion of patients in Turkey who received hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment after receiving positive anti-HCV results during HCV screening.

Methodology: Data related to patients' demographics, laboratory results, time interval from obtaining a positive anti-HCV result to treatment initiation, specialty of the physician requesting anti-HCV screening, and type of hospital were analyzed.

Results: Among 1,000 patients who received a positive anti-HCV result, 50.

The inferior performance of [Ga]Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT as a diagnostic and theranostic biomarker in [Lu]Lu-DOTATATE refractory well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the potential of [Ga]Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT as an alternative diagnostic and theranostic tool in well-differentiated NETs refractory to [Lu]Lu-DOTATATE therapy.

Methods: Patients who received at least two cycles of [Lu]Lu-DOTATATE therapy for metastatic NETs and progressed under treatment were included. All patients had performed [Ga]Ga-DOTATATE and [Ga]Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT within 3 weeks.

Comparison of the role of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography and 68 Ga-labeled FAP inhibitor-04 PET/CT in patients with malignant mesothelioma.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to compare the role of 68 Ga-labeled FAP inhibitor ( 68 Ga-FAPI)-04 PET/computed tomography (CT) and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) PET/CT in the evaluation of primary tumor and metastases in patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma.

Materials And Methods: Our prospective study included 21 patients with histopathological diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma who underwent both 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT and 18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging between April 2022 and September 2022. Maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume, total lesion glycolysis, tumor-to-background ratio (TBR) and highest SUVpeak (HPeak) values and lesion numbers were calculated from primary and metastatic lesions on FDG and FAPI PET/CT images.

Increased Plasma Ignition Distance Practice may Prevent the Obturator Reflex Occurrences and Compare of its Effectiveness Versus Obturator Block: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study.

Objective: To compare the ability of the obturator nerve block (ONB) and increased plasma ignition distance practice (IPDP) techniques to inhibit obturator nerve reflex (ONR) occurring with bipolar transurethral resection of the bladder.

Methods: Sixty patients who had a tumor placed at the lateral sidewall or had a tumor in another part of the bladder along with the lateral wall were randomly enrolled. Cystoscopic and ultrasonographic examinations and a computerized tomography scanning of the urinary bladder were used to determine the ONB side.

Clinical characteristics of firearm-related injuries in children in Turkey.

Background: A significant number of children are injured by or die from firearm-related incidents every year, although there is a lack of global data on the number of children admitted to pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) with firearm injuries. This study is the most comprehensive analysis of firearm injuries sustained by children in Turkey to date.

Methods: This multicenter, retrospective, cohort study was conducted between 2010 and 2020 with the contributions of the PEDs, PICUs, intensive care units, and surgery departments of university hospitals and research hospitals.

Comparison of 18 F-FDG PET/CT and 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) and Gallium-68 labeled fibroblast activator protein inhibitor ( 68 Ga-FAPI)-04 PET/CT in the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and investigate whether adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell cancer (SCC) exhibit different uptake patterns on 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT.

Materials And Method: Twenty-nine patients with a histopathologically-confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC, who had no history of previous radiation therapy or chemotherapy and underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT and 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT imaging between January 2021 and December 2021 were included in this retrospective study. Staging was performed using the 8th edition of the TNM staging system on both 18 F-FDG PET/CT and 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT images.

The prognostic role of baseline F-FDG PET/CT SUVmax and SUVmax change in patients with node-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prognostic role of baseline maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) obtained by pretreatment PET/CT and the change in SUVmax (ΔSUVmax [%]) in patients with axillary lymph node-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).

Methods: One hundred and eighty patients with baseline SUVmax and 121 patients with SUVmax measurement after treatment were evaluated in the study. The baseline SUVmax value of the breast (SUVmaxI) and axilla (SUVmaxI) and the change in the SUVmax of the breast (ΔSUVmax) and axilla (ΔSUVmax) were measured.

The prognostic role of baseline F-FDG PET/CT SUVmax and SUVmax change in patients with node-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prognostic role of baseline maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) obtained by pretreatment PET/CT and the change in SUVmax (ΔSUVmax [%]) in patients with axillary lymph node-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).

Methods: One hundred and eighty patients with baseline SUVmax and 121 patients with SUVmax measurement after treatment were evaluated in the study. The baseline SUVmax value of the breast (SUVmaxI) and axilla (SUVmaxI) and the change in the SUVmax of the breast (ΔSUVmax) and axilla (ΔSUVmaxA) were measured.

Role of Ga-PSMA PET/CT parameters in treatment evaluation and survival prediction in prostate cancer patients compared with biochemical response assessment.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the concordance of biochemical treatment response with gallium-68-prostate specific membrane antigen (Ga-PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) treatment response in prostate cancer (PCa) and investigate their prognostic effects on survival.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and fifty-onepatients with PCa, who underwent Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging in our clinic between May 2016 and December 2019, were on treatment, and had pre-treatment and post-treatment imaging studies were included in our study. The treatment patients received and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels at the time of PET/CT imaging were recorded.

A Retrospective Analysis of Children and Adolescents With Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Intensive Care Unıt: Is It Significant that the Blood Ketone Level Becomes Negative in Diabetic Ketoacidosis?

Introduction: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the most common cause of acute morbidity and mortality in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Because DKA management is associated with complications, endocrine communities have published guidelines and attempted to set standards for DKA diagnosis and management worldwide. In this study, for the patients followed up in the intensive care unit who have been treated according to DKA protocols, clinical and laboratory characteristics, differences between new and old diagnosed patients, and results of treatment were evaluated.

Evaluation of dual time-point fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography imaging in gastric cancer.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the efficiency of dual time-point fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging in detecting primary and metastatic lesions in gastric cancer.

Methods: Between May 2019 and January 2020, 52 patients with gastric carcinoma were prospectively involved in our study. And dual time-point FDG PET/CT imaging performed to the patients.

The effect of bilateral high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive functions in schizophrenia.

•Despite their major effects on positive symptoms, antipsychotics do not have a significant effect on cognition in schizophrenia•Bilateral high frequency rTMS targeting dorsolateral prefrontal cortices has been effective on working memory•Bilateral 20 Hz rTMS improved attention and verbal working memory in schizophrenia patients,•It also improved the competence of switching the perceptional set up under a disruptive effect towards new instructions, in this study.

Associations of volumetric whole-body F-FDG PET/CT parameters with the CA 19-9 level and haemogram parameters in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Objective: The present study compared metabolic and volumetric fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) parameters [metabolic tumour volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis (TLG), and maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax)] with carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 tumour marker levels and haemogram parameters [(neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, mean platelet volume (MPV), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio] as prognostic and diagnostic markers of pancreatic cancer.

Material And Methods: A total of 66 patients who underwent F-FDG PET/CT in our nuclear medicine clinic between February 2017 and March 2019, and had a diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, were included in this retrospective study. The enrolled patients had not been administered steroids or operated on.

Contribution of 5th minute and 2nd hour images to standard imaging in (Ga)PSMA 11 PET/CT.

Objective: To investigate the superiority or contribution of 5th minute pelvic and 2nd hour whole body Gallium68-prostate-specific membrane antigen-HBED-CC [(Ga)PSMA 11] Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) images to 1st hour imaging in patients with prostate cancer (PCa).

Materials And Methods: A total of 63 patients diagnosed with PCa who underwent (Ga)PSMA 11 PET/CT between April 2019 and June 2019 and who had 5th minute and 1st and 2nd hour images were included in the study. Early (5th minute) pelvic region and 1st and 2nd hour full body images were obtained from all patients.

The role of (Ga)PSMA I&T in biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: detection rate and the correlation between the level of PSA, Gleason score, and the SUV.

Objective: The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the recurrence detection rate of Gallium-68-prostate-specific membrane antigen [(Ga)PSMA] imaging and therapy (I&T) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) at different PSA levels, which enables early detection of patients with radical prostatectomy. We also aimed to compare Gleason scores, used drugs (LHRH analogs and antiandrogens), PSA levels with SUV values, and detection rates.

Method: This retrospective study included 107 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy and who underwent (Ga)PSMA I&T PET/CT imaging between January 2015 and December 2018 for the early detection of recurrence.

Prognostic value of 68 Ga PSMA I&T PET/CT SUV parameters on survival outcome in advanced prostat cancer.

Objective: To determine the association of 68 Ga-PSMA-I&T PET/CT SUV parameters with survival outcome in advanced prostate cancer patients.

Methods: A total of 148 consecutive patients mean age: 69.3 ± 7.

The Effect on Survival and Mortality of the Highest SUVmax Value on Metastatic Foci in Postoperative Kidney Tumors.

Objective: One-third of patients newly diagnosed with a kidney tumor have metachoronous disease, 25-50% have synchronous metastasis, and approximately 30-40% of patients have metastasis at the time of diagnosis. Metastasis mostly occurs in the lungs, regional lymph nodes, bones, and liver. The present study was aimed to determine the effect on mortality the values of standard uptake value (SUV)max measured with positron emission tomography (PET) in metastases of kidney tumors.