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Screening Colonoscopy Participation in Turkish Colorectal Cancer Patients and their First Degree Relatives
(ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2012)
Background: This study aimed to research the awareness of screening colonoscopy (SC) among patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and their relatives. Methodology: A questionnaire form including information and behavior ...
Smoking Habits of Relatives of Patients with Cancer: Cancer Diagnosis in the Family is an Important Teachable Moment for Smoking Cessation
(ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2013)
Background: In this study we aimed to determine the rate and habitual patterns of smoking, intentions of cessation, dependence levels and sociodemographic characteristics of relatives of patients with a diagnosis of cancer. ...
Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors of Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Single Center Experience
(AVES YAYINCILIK, 2013)
Background: Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is a B cell lymphoma characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. HL comprises 1% of all cancer cases and 14% of all lymphoma cases. Aims: We designed a retrospective study to ...
Oxaliplatin and ototoxicity: is it really safe for hearing?
(TUBITAK SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TURKEY, 2014)
Background/aim: Oxaliplatin is an effective and widely used chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of many solid tumors. The most common side effects are peripheral neuropathy, gastrointestinal toxicity, and neutropenia. ...
Clinical Characteristics, Treatment and Survival Outcomes in Malignant Mesothelioma: Eighteen Years' Experience in Turkey
(ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2012)
Background: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an insidious tumor with poor prognosis, arising from mesothelial surfaces such as pleura, peritoneum and pericardium. We here aimed to evaluate the demographic, clinical, and ...
The impact of radiotherapy on quality of life for cancer patients: a longitudinal study
(SPRINGER, 2014)
The aim of this study was to assess for changes in quality of life (QOL) among cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy (RT) and to identify factors that influence QOL in this group. Three hundred sixty-seven cancer patients ...
The Relationship of Agmatine Deficiency with the Lung Cancer
(AKAD DOKTORLAR YAYINEVI, 2016)
The polyamines are essential for rapidly growing cells. Polyamines is synthesized by two reactions which begin from arginine. The aim of this study is to examine the serum levels of the enzymes located in the putrescine ...
A Case of Multifocal Skin Metastases from Lung Cancer Presenting with Vasculitic-type Cutaneous Nodule
(MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD, 2015)
Although cutaneous metastasis occurs usually at the terminal stage of the disease, it may be rarely concurrent with the diagnosis and may also present as the first sign of the illness. A 55-year-old male patient presented ...