Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine

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    Oncofertility for Gynecologic and Non-Gynecologic Cancers: Fertility Sparing in Young Women of Reproductive Age
    (2014) Dursun, Polat; Dogan, N. Utku; Ayhan, Ali; 25090914; AAJ-5802-2021
    About ten percent of all female cancer survivors is younger than 40 years of age. For these young women the primary goal is to ensure the highest possibility of cure and to maintain the reproductive functions as well. Oncofertility is a new concept including both oncology and reproductive medicine. By this recently defined concept young women will have maximal chance to make an optimal decision without any significant impact and delay in oncologic outcome. Oncofertility concept could be applied for genital cancer as well as non-genital cancer of reproductive age. Currently sperm and embryo banking are the standard methods used for young patients with cancer whose future fertility is under risk. In contrary oocyte banking, ovarian tissue cryopreservation are all controversial procedures and still accepted as experimental by many authors although American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) consideres oocyte cryopreservation "no longer experimental". For genital cancers procedures for oncofertility depends on the type of the cancer and the treatment of choice. In this review the current data and concepts regarding oncofertility concept including the gynecologic oncologic perspective is reviewed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Gynecologic Oncologist Perspective About ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO Consensus Conference on Endometrial Cancer
    (2017) Dursun, Polat; Ayhan, Ali; AAJ-5802-2021
    ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO Consensus Conference on Endometrial Cancer was simultaneously published in 3 prestigious journals and is sure to have a huge impact on the clinical practice of gynecologic oncology community and other gynecologic cancer care providers. It is a tremendous report representative of great effort. Hovewer, as practicing gynecologic oncologists, endometrial carcinoma is the most common clinical entity encountered in our routine daily practice; as such, we find some of the report confusing and object to some of its findings, as detailed in this brief report. We also attempted to summarize the differences between the well-known NCCN guidelines and the ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO Consensus Conference guidelines and try to give the point of view of gynecologic oncologic perspective. It is obvious that differences in the management of endometrial carcinomas will continue to be debated by the scientific community.
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    Good Outcomes of Patients with Stage IB Endometrial Cancer with Surgery Alone
    (2014) Rahatli, Samed; Dizdar, Omer; Kucukoztas, Nadire; Oguz, Arzu; Yalcin, Selim; Ozen, Ozlem; Reyhan, Nihan Haberal; Tarhan, Cagla; Yildiz, Ferah; Dursun, Polat; Altundag, Ozden; Ayhan, Ali
    Background: Most patients with endometrial cancer have stage I disease. Adjuvant therapy in stage IB (formerly IC) endometrial cancer is controversial, treatment options including observation or brachytherapy/radiotherapy in grade 1-3 patients with or without chemotherapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the outcomes of our patients with stage IB endometrioid endometrial cancer. Materials and Methods: Sixty two patients with stage IB endometrial cancer and endometrioid histology were retrospectively evaluated. All patients were initially treated surgically by the same surgeon with comprehensive staging, i.e. total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salphingooopherectomy, bilateral pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection and omentectomy. Adjuvant radiotherapy was discussed with patients and utilized by those who accepted. Adjuvant chemotherapy was not given to any of the patients. Results: Median age was 62 (range, 42-95). Ninety percent of the patients had grade 1-2 disease. Thirteen patients (21%) received intra vaginal brachytherapy (IVBT) and one received whole pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT). Median follow-up time was 46 months (range, 9-77 months). Three patients experienced recurrence (4.8%), two of them died on follow-up and one was still alive at last visit. Two patients with recurrence had FIGO grade 2 tumors and one had a grade 3 tumor. Two patients (3.2%) died without evidence of recurrent disease. Relapse free survival at 5 years was 94.4% and overall survival was 93.1%. Conclusions: Patients with stage IB disease in our study demonstrated relatively low recurrence rates with this stage of endometrial cancer.