Browsing by Author "Avci, Nilufer"

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Association of Age with Breast Cancer Clinical and Pathological Factors: Analysis of Turkish National Breast Cancer Registry
(2015) Benekli, Mustafa; Altundag, Kadri; Dumanli, Esra; Isikdogan, Abdurrahman; Karaoglu, Aziz; Tekin, Salim Basol; Oksuzoglu, Berna; Kocer, Murat; Sevinc, Alper; Boruban, Melih Cem; Turna, Hande; Uslu, Ruchan; Ozyilkan, Ozgur; Yalcin, Bulent; Coskun, Ugur; Kilickap, Saadettin; Dogu, Gamze Gokoz; Ozturk, Banu; Gumus, Mahmut; Buyukberber, Suleyman; Uncu, Dogan; Kara, Oguz; Aliustaoglu, Mehmet; Ozkan, Metin; Cicin, Irfan; Elkiran, E. Tamer; Dane, Faysal; Avci, Nilufer; Ulas, Arife; Ozdemir, Feyyaz; Kaya, Ali Osman
Geographic Variations of Clinical Characteristics in Breast Cancer: Analysis of Turkish National Breast Cancer Registry
(2015) Kilickap, Saadettin; Altundag, Kadri; Dumanli, Esra; Gumus, Mahmut; Uslu, Ruchan; Ozyilkan, Ozgur; Yalcin, Bulent; Kara, Oguz; Dogu, Gamze Gokoz; Ozturk, Banu; Kaya, Ali Osman; Aliustaoglu, Mehmet; Uncu, Dogan; Ozdemir, Feyyaz; Cicin, Irfan; Ozkan, Metin; Kocer, Murat; Turna, Hande; Buyukberber, Suleyman; Benekli, Mustafa; Coskun, Ugur; Karaoglu, Aziz; Tekin, Salim Basol; Dane, Faysal; Avci, Nilufer; Ulas, Arife; Oksuzoglu, Berna; Sevinc, Alper; Boruban, Melih Cem
Perspective of Turkish Medicine Students on Cancer, Cancer Treatments, Palliative Care, and Oncologists (ARES Study): a Study of the Palliative Care Working Committee of the Turkish Oncology Group (TOG)
(2020) Oktay, Esin; Levent, Mustafa; Gelincik, Hakan; Aktas, Gizem; Yumuk, Fulden; Koral, Lokman; Arpaci, Erkan; Keser, Murat; Akan, Ali; Kaci, Ebru; Karadurmus, Nuri; Degirmencioglu, Serkan; Turan, Merve; Uyeturk, Ummugul; Cabuk, Devrim; Avci, Nilufer; Toprak, Omer; Ergen, Arzu; Urvay, Semiha; Bayram, Evrim; Petekkaya, Emine; Nayir, Erdinc; Paydas, Semra; Yavuzsen, Tugba; Senler, Filiz Cay; Yaren, Arzu; Barutca, Sabri; Sahinler, Ismet; Ozyilkan, Ozgur; Tanrıverdi, Ozgur; 0000-0001-8825-4918; 30446981; AAD-2817-2021
Cancer is one of the most common causes of death all over the World (Rahib et al. in Cancer Res 74(11):2913-2921, 2014; Silbermann et al. in Ann Oncol 23(Suppl 3):iii15-iii28, 2012). It is crucial to diagnose this disease early by effective screening methods and also it is very important to acknowledge the community on various aspects of this disease such as the treatment methods and palliative care. Not only the oncologists but every medical doctor should be educated well in dealing with cancer patients. Previous studies suggested various opinions on the level of oncology education in medical schools (Pavlidis et al. in Ann Oncol 16(5):840-841, 2005). In this study, the perspectives of medical students on cancer, its treatment, palliative care, and the oncologists were analyzed in relation to their educational status. A multicenter survey analysis was performed on a total of 4224 medical school students that accepted to enter this study in Turkey. After the questions about the demographical characteristics of the students, their perspectives on the definition, diagnosis, screening, and treatment methods of cancer and their way of understanding metastatic disease as well as palliative care were analyzed. The questionnaire includes questions with answers and a scoring system of Likert type 5 (absolutely disagree = 1, completely agree = 5). In the last part of the questionnaire, there were some words to detect what the words "cancer" and "oncologist" meant for the students. The participant students were analyzed in two study groups; "group 1" (n = 1.255) were phases I and II students that had never attended an oncology lesson, and "group 2" (n = 2.969) were phases III to VI students that had attended oncology lessons in the medical school. SPSS v17 was used for the database and statistical analyses. A value of p < 0.05 was noted as statistically significant. Group 1 defined cancer as a contagious disease (p = 0.00025), they believed that early diagnosis was never possible (p = 0.042), all people with a diagnosis of cancer would certainly die (p = 0.044), and chemotherapy was not successful in a metastatic disease (p = 0.003) as compared to group 2. The rate of the students that believed gastric cancer screening was a part of the national screening policy was significantly more in group 1 than in group 2 (p = 0.00014). Group 2 had a higher anxiety level for themselves or their family members to become a cancer patient. Most of the students in both groups defined medical oncologists as warriors (57% in group 1 and 40% in group 2; p = 0.097), and cancer was reminding them of "death" (54% in group 1 and 48% in group 2; p = 0.102). This study suggested that oncology education was useful for the students' understanding of cancer and related issues; however, the level of oncology education should be improved in medical schools in Turkey. This would be helpful for medical doctors to cope with many aspects of cancer as a major health care problem in this country.
A View from Young Oncologists on Clinical Trials in Turkey: Obstacles and Solution Proposals
(2014) Akman, Tulay; Tanriverdi, Ozgur; Ozturk, Mehmet A.; Petekkaya, Ibrahim; Bakkal, Hakan; Sonmez, Ozlem U.; Avci, Nilufer; Zengin, Seyda; Aksu, Gorkem; Ozyigit, Gokhan; Akbali, Huseyin
There is a new improvement in oncology nearly in every day as a result of preclinical or clinical. As the number of publication per capita, Turkey is far behind the other developed European countries. For example, the number of publications in oncology field is 2.134.964 in the world, it is 15.576 in our country. The most important obstacles for clinical trials in Turkey may be listed as financial problems, difficulties of working conditions, time limitation due to work intensity, inadequate experienced/trained man-power, absence of assistance team at all steps of a scientific trial, difficulties faced during project planning and ethics committee submissions, and lack of motivation. In this article, we, as young oncologists, aimed to discuss the place of Turkey in areas of scientific and clinical trials in the world; underlying causes for inadequate number, type and quality of national studies and possible solution proposals in our country.