Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine

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    Role of Consolidative Thoracic Radiotherapy for Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: Trod Thoracic Oncology Study Group 08-006 Multi-institutional Study
    (2022) Yavas, Guler; Kirakli, Esra Korkmaz; Dagdelen, Meltem; Topkan, Erkan; Saynak, Mert; Dincbas, Fazilet Oner; OzdemIr, Yurday; Yavas, Cagdas; Birgi, Sumerya Duru; Akyurek, Serap
    OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the role of consolidative thoracic radiotherapy (TRT) in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). METHODS The clinical data for 151 patients with the diagnosis of ES-SCLC treated with consolidative TRT from six different hospitals from Turkey analyzed. RESULTS The median age of the patients was 61 years (range 36-83 years). The median dose of radiotherapy (RT) was 45 Gy (range: 30-66 Gy) applied in median 25 fractions (range 10-34 fractions). For 151 assessable patients, the median survival time (MST) was 14 months (range: 12.6-15.3). The patients who has complete response and partial response had 16 months, and 14 months of MST. In multivariate analyses prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) (p=0.011), female gender (p=0.017), and comorbidity (p=0.006) were found as significant parameters associated with survival. The MSTs were 12 months in patients without comorbidity, and 16 months for the patients with at least one comorbid disease. The patients who received PCI had improved MSTs when compared the ones without PCI (16 months vs. 12 months). There was a trend towards improved overall survival times in patients who received EQD2 >= 47 Gy RT doses (p=0.08). CONCLUSION Female gender, use of PCI, and unavailability of comorbid disease were associated with improved survival in ES-SLCL patients. There was a trend towards overall survival times in patients who received >= 47 Gy EQD2 doses; however, we believe that this statistical insignificance was related to our limited patient numbers.
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    Outcome and Safety Analysis of Endometrial Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy or Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
    (2021) Onal, Cem; Sari, Sezin Yuce; Yavas, Guler; Oymak, Ezgi; Birgi, Sumerya Duru; Yigit, Ecem; Guler, Ozan Cem; Gultekin, Melis; Akyurek, Serap; Yildiz, Ferah; 33999750
    Background We sought to analyze the toxicity rates and the treatment outcomes in endometrial cancer (EC) patients treated with postoperative three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Material and methods The clinical data of 646 EC patients treated with postoperative adjuvant 3DCRT (265 patients, 41%) or with IMRT (381 patients, 59%) between April 2007 and August 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The primary endpoints were treatment-related acute and late gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicities. The secondary endpoints were LC and overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Results Median follow-up time was 37 months. The rates for acute GI and GU toxicities of any grade for the entire group were 55.6% and 46.8%, respectively. Acute grade >= 2 GI toxicity was significantly less in patients treated with IMRT compared to those treated with 3DCRT (11.0% vs. 19.2%, p=.004). However, no significant difference grade >= 2 GU toxicities was observed between the 3DCRT and IMRT groups (15.1% vs. 11.0%; p=.15). Acute grade >= 2 GI and GU toxicities were higher in patients receiving systemic chemotherapy, while paraaortic field irradiation increases only the risk of acute grade >= 2 GI toxicity. Estimated 3-year late grade >= 3 GI toxicity rates in the 3DCRT- and IMRT-treated patients were 4.6% and 1.9% (p= .03), respectively. The patients treated with adjuvant ChT had higher rates of late serious GI complications than those without adjuvant ChT. No significant difference in terms of survival and disease control was observed between the 3DCRT and IMRT treatment groups. No significant factor for LC was found in the multivariate analysis. Conclusion In this multicentric study involving one of largest patient population, we found that IMRT-treated EC patients showed comparable clinical outcomes but with a lower incidence of GI toxicities compared with those treated with 3DCRT.