Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine
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Item The Promise of Metastasis-Directed Therapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Going Beneath the Surface with Molecular Imaging(2022) Sutera, Philip; Phillips, Ryan M.; Deek, Matthew; Ozyigit, Gokhan; Onal, Cem; Tran, Phuoc T.; 35058322Item Outcome of Elderly Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients: A Single Center Study(2020) Basaran, Hamit; Cengiz, Mustafa; Yazici, Gozde; Ozdemir, Yurday; Suslu, Nilda; Gullu, Ibrahim H.; Ozyigit, Gokhan; 0000-0002-2218-2074; AAG-5629-2021Objective: This study aimed to assess the efficiency of radiotherapy and evaluate its outcomes for elderly (> 65 years) patients who have undergone treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods: Forty- five (male, 35; female, 10) elderly patients with a diagnosis of undifferentiated NPC who were treated at our institution between 1994 and 2012 were retrospectively evaluated. The primary endpoint was the relationship between the patients' characteristics and overall survival (OS); progression-free survival (PFS), locoregional progression-free survival (LR-PFS), and toxicity analysis were the secondary endpoints. Results: The patients had a median age of 74.2 years. At a median follow-up period of 64 months, the median OS, PFS, and LR-PFS were 45 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.887-84.113), 34 (95% CI: 0.0-70.504), and 45 (95% CI: 20.092-69908) months, respectively. The 2-, 3-, and 5-year OS rates were 61.5%, 53.1%, and 50.0%, respectively, and the 2-, 3-, and 5-year PFS rates were 57.6%, 46.8%, and 43.7%, respectively. Patients with T stage (T3-T4 vs.T1-T2) or N stage (N0-1 vs. N2) had significantly shorter OS (p<0.05), PFS (p<0.05), and LR-PFS (p<0.05) outcomes, respectively, which were also confirmed using a multivariate analysis (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that the established prognostic factors, including T and N stages, were important prognostic indicators of NPC in elderly patientsItem The Comparision of Breast Cancer in the Young and Elderly Patients(2019) Petek Erpolat, Ozge; Yuce Sari, Sezin; Ergen, Sefika Arzu; Aydin, Barbaros; Akkus, Berna; Gultekin, Melis; Copan Oksuz, Didem; Arican, Zumre; Onal, Cem; Gursel, Bilge; Akmansu, Muge; Ozyigit, Gokhan; Bilkay Gorken, Ilknur; Yildiz, FerahOBJECTIVE To compare the tumor characteristics, treatment approaches, recurrence patterns and survival results rates of young and elderly patients with breast cancer. METHODS In this study, Between between 2000-2013, a total of 779 patients were treated for breast cancer at nine radiation oncology departments were evaluated retrospectively. Three-hundred eight four of these patients were young (<= 35 years), and 395 of those the patients were elderly (>= 70 years). RESULTS Young patients were more likely to present with aggressive tumor features. They were more often received comprehensive lymphatic irradiation, tumor bed boost and intense chemotherapy. No difference was found for 5 and 10-year loco-regional recurrence- free survival rates were (96% and 93% for young, 97% and 97% for elderly). The 5 and 10-year distant recurrence- free survival rates were lower in the young patients (77% and 67% for young, 85% and 85% for elderly, p<0.0001). No difference was found in 5 and 10-year breast cancer- specific survival (91% and 79% for young, 92% and 87% for elderly). The 5 and 10-year overall survival rates were higher in the young patients (92% and 78% for young, 78% and 63% for elderly, p<0.0001). CONCLUSION The reason for the similarity between the age groups in terms ofregarding loco-regional recurrence- free survival can be more comprehensive lymphatic irradiation and tumor bed boost, the young patients received. The distant recurrence- free survival rates rates were significantly lower in the young patients even though they received more intensive chemotherapy. Future studies aimed at more effective systemic regimens to decrease distant recurrence in young patients are warranted.Item Treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients with Gleason score 8-10 treated with definitive radiotherapy(2019) Ozyigit, Gokhan; Onal, Cem; Igdem, Sefik; Alicikus, Zumre Arican; Iribas, Ayca; Akin, Mustafa; Yalman, Deniz; Cetin, Ilknur; Aksu, Melek Gamze; Atalar, Banu; Dincbas, Fazilet; Hurmuz, Pervin; Guler, Ozan Cem; Aydin, Barbaros; Sert, Fatma; Yildirim, Cumhur; Gorken, Ilknur Birkay; Agaoglu, Fulya Yaman; Korcum, Aylin Fidan; Yüce, Deniz; Ozkok, Serdar; Darendeliler, Emin; Akyol, Fadil; 31143994Purpose To validate the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in prostate cancer (PCa) patients with Gleason score (GS) 8-10 disease treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT)+ androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the modern era. Methods Institutional databases of biopsy proven 641 patients with GS 8-10 PCa treated between 2000 and 2015 were collected from 11 institutions. In this multi-institutional Turkish Radiation Oncology Group study, a standard database sheet was sent to each institution for patient enrollment. The inclusion criteria were, T1-T3N0M0 disease according to AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) 2010 Staging System, no prior diagnosis of malignancy, at least 70Gy total irradiation dose to prostate +/- seminal vesicles delivered with either three-dimensional conformal RT or intensity-modulated RT and patients receiving ADT. Results The median follow-up time was 5.9 years (range 0.4-18.2 years); 5-year overall survival (OS), biochemical relapse-free survival (BRFS) and distant metastases-free survival (DMFS) rates were 88%, 78%, and 79%, respectively. Higher RT doses (>= 78Gy) and longer ADT duration (>= 2 years) were significant predictors for improved DMFS, whereas advanced stage was a negative prognosticator for DMFS in patients with GS 9-10. Conclusions Our results validated the fact that oncologic outcomes after radical EBRT significantly differ in men with GS 8 versus those with GS 9-10 prostate cancer. We found that EBRT dose was important predictive factor regardless of ADT period. Patients receiving 'non-optimal treatment' (RT doses <78Gy and ADT period <2 years) had the worst treatment outcomes.Item 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, HuseyinThere 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.