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Item Relationship of P-Selectin Glycoprotein Ligand-1 to Prognosis in Patients with Multiple Myeloma(2015) Atalay, Figen; Atesoglu, Elif Birtas; Yildiz, Semsi; Firath-Tuglular, Tulin; Karakus, Sema; Bayik, Mahmut; 0000-0003-4384-2913; 0000-0001-7615-4581; 25445472; B-5507-2014; W-9092-2019The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between PSGL-1 expression in the bone marrow and the known prognostic factors for multiple myeloma disease, disease stage, and survival. D162 staining and the staining degree, with the other standard immunohistochemical stains, were shown to be beneficial in the diagnosis of multiple myeloma disease. However, the results did not provide information about the disease course. Background: Changes occur in adhesion molecules in the disease course of multiple myeloma. P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1, CD162) works as the ligand of selectin-neutrophil adhesion molecules. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between PSGL-1 expression in the bone marrow and the known prognostic factors for multiple myeloma disease, disease stage, and survival. Materials and Methods: This research included 63 patients with multiple myeloma (26 women [41.3%]; 37 men [58.7%]). The bone marrow biopsy samples obtained at disease diagnosis for each patient were stained imniunohistochemically in terms of CD162 expression using standard diagnostic immunohistochemical staining methods. The laboratory results, CD162 expression, overall survival, demographic characteristics of the disease, and the relationship between CD162 expression and the disease stage were evaluated. Results: Among the 63 patients included in the present study, the survival rate was 82.3% for 1 year, 73.2% for 2 years, 63.4% for 3 years, 51.7% for 4 years, 40.3% for 5 years, and 33.6% for 6 and 7 years. A statistically significant difference was not detected between the CD162 staining ratio and disease survival (P = .232). A statistically significant difference was not detected between the CD162 staining degree and survival rate (P = .184). However, the overall survival of the patients with no CD162 expression in the bone marrow was lower than that for the patients whose CD162 was stained 1, 2, and 3 degrees (12.33 +/- 11.49, 28.65 +/- 31.44, 37.25 +/- 29.32, and 47.92 +/- 45.29 months, respectively; P < .001). Conclusion: In the present study, CD162 staining and the staining degree, with the other standard immunohistochemical stains, were shown to be beneficial in the diagnosis of multiple myeloma disease. However, the results did not provide information about the disease course. Studies of a larger number of patients to examine P-selectin and interleukin-6 levels are needed to investigate the disease course.Item Total Versus Subtotal Gastrectomy for Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Stomach(2017) Arer, Ilker Murat; Yabanoglu, Hakan; Akdur, Aydincan; Akkapulu, Nezih; Kus, Murat; 0000-0002-1161-3369; 0000-0002-8726-3369; 0000-0001-7392-961X; 0000-0001-6529-7579; 29056122; AAJ-7865-2021; AAA-3068-2021; AAM-8548-2021; AAJ-7870-2021Objective: To determine the adequate surgery type for the treatment of signet ring cell of stomach in terms of postoperative complications and survival. Study Design: Comparative analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Baskent University Adana Teaching and Research Center, Adana, Turkey, between 2006 and 2015. Methodology: A total of 46 patients with the diagnosis of gastric signet ring cell, who underwent total or subtotal gastrectomy, were enrolled in this study. Patients were compared according to age, gender, tumor location, TNM stage, survival and mortality rates, operation time, complication and recurrence. Comparisons between groups were performed by using Mann-Whitney U-test for the data not normally distributed. The categorical data were analyzed by using the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, where applicable. Kaplan-Meier test was used for survival curve and Long-rank test was used for survival differences between groups. Values of p < 0.05 were considered statistically for all tests. Results: Of the 46 patients, 29 (63.0%) were male. The mean age was 56.6 +/- 13.2 years. The median tumor size was 5.0 cm (IQR: 3.0-6.6). Twenty-six (56.5%) patients were in total gastrectomy, whereas 20 (43.5%) were in subtotal gastrectomy group. Five-year cumulative survival rate was 0.487. Five-year overall survival rate for early and advanced signet ring cell carcinoma was 0.830 and 0.164, respectively (p<0.001). Five-year overall survival rate for total and subtotal gastrectomy groups were 0.422 and 0.582, respectively (P=0.417). Complications were observed in 17.4% (n=8) of all 46 patients. Conclusion: Subtotal gastrectomy can be performed safely for patients with gastric signet ring cell carcinoma and is equal to total gastrectomy with respect to prognosis and complication rates.Item Is The Presence of Endometriosis Associated with A Survival Benefit in Pure Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma?(2018) Sahin, Hanifi; Sari, Mustafa Erkan; Cuylan, Zeliha Firat; Haberal, Asuman Nihan; Sirvan, Levent; Coban, Gonca; Yalcin, Ibrahim; Gungor, Tayfun; Celik, Husnu; Meydanli, Mehmet Mutlu; Ayhan, Ali; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-9911; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-5519; AAJ-5802-2021; 29383437; AAK-4587-2021; AAI-9974-2021; AAL-1923-2021The purpose of this study was to compare the prognoses of women with pure ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) arising from endometriosis to those of women with pure OCCC not arising from endometriosis treated in the same manner. A dual-institutional, retrospective database review was performed to identify patients with pure OCCC who were treated with maximal or optimal cytoreductive surgery (CRS) followed by paclitaxel/carboplatin chemotherapy between January 2006 and December 2016. Patients were divided into two groups according to the detection of cancer arising in endometriosis or not, on the basis of pathological findings. Demographic, clinicopathological, and survival data were collected, and prognosis was compared between the two groups. Ninety-three women who met the inclusion criteria were included. Of these patients, 48 (51.6%) were diagnosed with OCCC arising in endometriosis, while 45 (48.4%) had no concomitant endometriosis. OCCC arising in endometriosis was found more frequently in younger women and had a higher incidence of early stage disease when compared to OCCC patients without endometriosis. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rate of the patients with OCCC arising in endometriosis was found to be significantly longer than that of women who had OCCC without endometriosis (74.1 vs. 46.4%; p = 0.003). Although univariate analysis revealed the absence of endometriosis (p = 0.003) as a prognostic factor for decreased OS, the extent of CRS was identified as an independent prognostic factor for both recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio (HR) 8.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.15-24.38; p < 0.001) and OS (HR 11.7, 95% CI 3.68-33.71; p < 0.001) on multivariate analysis. Our results suggest that endometriosis per se does not seem to affect the prognosis of pure OCCC.Item Prognostic Value of The Glasgow Prognostic Score For Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients Treated With Radiotherapy and Temozolomide(2018) Topkan, Erkan; Selek, Ugur; Ozdemir, Yurday; Yildirim, Berna A.; Guler, Ozan C.; Ciner, Fuat; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Tufan, Kadir; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-7123; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-2074; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6661-4185; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-3412; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-9784; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-4575; 29696530; AAG-2213-2021; AAG-5629-2021; V-5717-2017; AAC-5654-2020; M-9530-2014; AAK-1686-2021To evaluate the prognostic value of the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), the combination of C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin, in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) and concurrent plus adjuvant temozolomide (GPS). Data of newly diagnosed GBM patients treated with partial brain RT and concurrent and adjuvant TMZ were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were grouped into three according to the GPS criteria: GPS-0: CRP < 10 mg/L and albumin > 35 g/L; GPS-1: CRP < 10 mg/L and albumin < 35 g/L or CRP > 10 mg/L and albumin > 35 g/L; and GPS-2: CRP > 10 mg/L and albumin < 35 g/L. Primary end-point was the association between the GPS groups and the overall survival (OS) outcomes. A total of 142 patients were analyzed (median age: 58 years, 66.2% male). There were 64 (45.1%), 40 (28.2%), and 38 (26.7%) patients in GPS-0, GPS-1, and GPS-2 groups, respectively. At median 15.7 months follow-up, the respective median and 5-year OS rates for the whole cohort were 16.2 months (95% CI 12.7-19.7) and 9.5%. In multivariate analyses GPS grouping emerged independently associated with the median OS (P < 0.001) in addition to the extent of surgery (P = 0.032), Karnofsky performance status (P = 0.009), and the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group recursive partitioning analysis (RTOG RPA) classification (P < 0.001). The GPS grouping and the RTOG RPA classification were found to be strongly correlated in prognostic stratification of GBM patients (correlation coefficient: 0.42; P < 0.001). The GPS appeared to be useful in prognostic stratification of GBM patients into three groups with significantly different survival durations resembling the RTOG RPA classification.Item Pathology, Classification, Clinical Manifestations and Prognosis of Langerhan's Cell Histiocytosis: A Single Center Experience(2022) Hasbay, Bermal; Kocer, Nazim Emrah; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Canpolat, Emine Tuba; Buyukkurt, Nurhilal; Erbay, AyseObjective: The aim of the study is to raise awareness about clinical features, histopathological and radiological analyzes and treatment details of this rare disease. Methods: A total of 55 Langerhans cell histiocytosis patients, diagnosed between the year 2006 and October 2020 in our department were included in the study. The patients were evaluated in terms of age, gender, tumor localization, risk groups, treatment modalities, recurrence, and outcome of the disease. Results: Twenty-three out of 55 patients were children and 32 were adults. The ages of the patients were between 7 months and 72 years. Thirty-seven of the cases were male and 18 were female. The most common clinical complaint in both groups was pain and swelling. The duration between the onset of the patient complaints and admission to the hospital varies between 7 days-12 months in children, and 10 days-23 years in adults. Forty-three of the cases had single organ involvement and 12 had multiorgan involvement. The most frequently affected organ in both groups was bone. Forty of the 55 patients had follow-up data and the treatment modalities are as follows: Nine patients radiotherapy, 8 patients chemotherapy+steroid, 7 patients chemotherapy, 2 patients chemotherapy+radiotherapy+steroid, 1 patient steroid, 2 patients chemotherapy+radiotherapy. Eleven patients were followed up without additional treatment after surgery. Median follow-up from the time of biopsy was 45.9 months in children and 41.9 months in adults. Conclusions: As a result, diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and final diagnosis is based on the histological examination of the lesions and biopsies.Item Clinicopathologic and Prognostic Significance of CD47 Expression and Tumor-associated Macrophages in Endometrial Carcinoma(2022) Sercan, Cigdem; Haberal Reyhan, Asuman N.; Ozen, Ozlem; Ayhan, Ali; 34282107Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) influence cancer progression. CD47 is an antiphagocytic molecule aiding tumor resistance against host immune surveillance. The relationship between CD47 expression and TAM-related microenvironment in endometrial carcinoma (EC) is poorly understood. The expression and prognostic significance of CD47 and CD163-labeled TAMs in 165 EC cases was assessed with CD47 and CD163 immunohistochemical studies. CD47 expression was found in 156/165 (94.6%) cases. CD47 expression was significantly higher in nonendometrioid carcinomas. CD47 overexpression was associated with histologic grade. High epithelial and stromal TAMs counts were also associated with high tumoral CD47 expression. High epithelial, stromal, and margin TAMs counts were associated with higher histologic grade and lymphovascular invasion. Epithelial TAMs counts were higher in patients with nonendometrioid carcinomas (P=0.0001) and cases with recurrence (P=0.018). High stromal TAMs counts were associated with deeper myometrial invasion (P=0.017) and the presence of distant metastasis (P=0.024). The counts of margin TAMs was significantly correlated with the depth of myometrial invasion, lymphovascular invasion, FIGO stage, lymph node metastases, distant metastasis, and recurrence (P=0.0001, 0.0001, 0.004, 0.005, 0.014, and 0.04, respectively). CD47 expression was not associated with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival. However, high epithelial and stromal TAM counts were associated with shorter OS. Besides, high epithelial and margin TAM counts were associated with shorter progression-free survival. Furthermore, increased stromal and margin TAM counts were determined to be an independent prognostic marker of reduced OS. TAM count is, therefore, a significant prognostic factor in EC and the CD47 assessment has potential benefit for future clinical use.Item Post-Recurrence Survival In Patients With Cervical Cancer(2022) Cibula, David; Dostalek, Lukas; Jarkovsky, Jiri; Mom, Constantijne H.; Lopez, Aldo; Falconer, Henrik; Scambia, Giovanni; Ayhan, Ali; Kim, Sarah H.; Isla Ortiz, David; Klat, Jaroslav; Obermair, Andreas; Di Martino, Giampaolo; Klat, Jaroslav; Obermair, Andreas; Di Martino, Giampaolo; Pareja, Rene; Manchanda, Ranjit; Kos'un, Jan; dos Reis, Ricardo; Meydanli, Mehmet Mutlu; Odetto, Diego; Laky, Rene; Zapardiel, Ignacio; Weinberger, Vit; Benesova, Klara; Borcinova, Martina; Cardenas, Fernando; Wallin, Emelie; Borcinova, Martina; Cardenas, Fernando; Wallin, Emelie; Anchora, Luigi Pedone; Akilli, Huseyin; Abu-Rustum, Nadeem R.; Barquet-Munoz, Salim Abraham; Javurkova, Veronika; Fischerova, Daniela; van Lonkhuijzen, Luc R. C. W.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5240-8441; 34955236; AAX-3230-2020Background. Up to 26% of patients with early-stage cervical cancer experience relapse after primary surgery. However, little is known about which factors influence prognosis following disease recurrence. Therefore, our aims were to determine post-recurrence disease-specific survival (PR-DSS) and to identify respective prognostic factors for PR-DSS. Methods. Data from 528 patients with early-stage cervical cancer who relapsed after primary surgery performed between 2007 and 2016 were obtained from the SCANN study (Surveillance in Cervical CANcer). Factors related to the primary disease and recurrence were combined in a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model to predict PR-DSS. Results. The 5-year PR-DSS was 39.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 22.7%-44.5%), median disease-free interval between primary surgery and recurrence (DFI1) was 1.5 years, and median survival after recurrence was 2.5 years. Six significant variables were identified in the multivariable analysis and were used to construct the prognostic model. Two were related to primary treatment (largest tumour size and lymphovascular space invasion) and four to recurrence (DFI1, age at recurrence, presence of symptoms, and recurrence type). The C-statistic after 10-fold cross-validation of prognostic model reached 0.701 (95% CI 0.675-0.727). Three risk-groups with significantly differing prognoses were identified, with 5-year PR-DSS rates of 81.8%, 44.6%, and 12.7%. Conclusions. We developed the robust model of PR-DSS to stratify patients with relapsed cervical cancer according to risk profiles using six routinely recorded prognostic markers. The model can be utilised in clinical practice to aid decision-making on the strategy of recurrence management, and to better inform the patients.Item Prognostic Factors in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva: a Retrospective Multicenter Study(2020) Kuru, Oguzhan; Akgor, Utku; Cakir, Ilker; Tosun, Ozgur; Yuksel, Ilkbal Temel; Ulker, Volkan; Meydanli, Mutlu; Sanci, Muzaffer; Gokcu, Mehmet; Topuz, Samet; Yildiz, Ferah; Sakinci, Mehmet; Salman, Mehmet Coskun; Ozgul, Nejat; Yuce, Kunter; Ayhan, Ali; AAJ-5802-2021The study aim to determine the clinicopathological factors for disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in women with vulvar cancer and to analyze the the possible effect of metformin on survival of the patients. From 2011 to 2017, medical records of 142 patients who underwent primary radical surgery for VC at 6 referral centers in Turkey were collected, retrospectively. The median age of the cohort was 67.0 years. 124 patients underwent radical surgery and inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy. The overall recurrence rate was 33.8% within a median follow-up time of 22 months. Five-year DFS and OS rates were 55.8% and 62.6%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed surgical margin (HR:6.4, p= 0.017 for DFS; HR: 13.6, p=0.009 for OS) and lymph node metastasis (HR: 4.1, p= 0.014 for DFS; HR: 6.3, p= 0.020 for OS) were the independent prognostic factors. There was no statistically difference in DFS and OS for patients who had used metformin.Item Does lymph node ratio have any prognostic significance in maximally cytoreduced node-positive low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma?(2020) Aslan, Koray; Meydanli, Mehmet Mutlu; Akilli, Huseyin; Durmus, Yasin; Gokcu, Mehmet; Kayikcioglu, Fulya; Demirkiran, Fuat; Ayhan, Ali; 0000-0002-5404-0118; 32409929; AAP-6729-2021; AAJ-5802-2021Purpose To determine the prognostic impact of the lymph node ratio (LNR) in node-positive low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC). Methods We retrospectively reviewed women with LGSOC who had undergone maximal cytoreduction followed by standard chemotherapy in 11 centers from Turkey during a study period of 20 years. Sixty two women with node-positive LGSOC were identified. LNR was defined as the number of metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) divided by the number of total LNs removed. We grouped patients pursuant to the LNR as LNR <= 0.09 and LNR > 0.09. The prognostic value of LNR was investigated by employing the univariate log-rank test and multivariate Cox-regression model. Results With a median follow-up of 45 months, the 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 61.7% for women with LNR <= 0.09 and 32.0% for those with LNR > 0.09 (p = 0.046) whereas, the 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were 72.8% for LNR <= 0.09 and 54.7% for LNR > 0.09 (p = 0.043). On multivariate analyses, lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) (Hazard Ratio [HR] 4.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.88-9.27; p < 0.001), omental involvement (HR 3.48, 95% CI 1.36-8.84; p = 0.009) and LNR > 0.09 (HR 3.51, 95% CI 1.54-8.03; p = 0.003) were adverse prognostic factors for PFS. Additionally, LVSI (HR 6.56, 95% CI 2.33-18.41; p < 0.001), omental involvement (HR 6.34, 95% CI 1.86-21.57; p = 0.003) and LNR > 0.09 (HR 7.20, 95% CI 2.33-22.26; p = 0.001) were independent prognostic factors for decreased OS. Conclusion LNR > 0.09 seems to be an independent prognosticator for decreased survival outcomes in LGSOC patients who received maximal cytoreduction followed by standard adjuvant chemotherapy.Item Pretreatment Photopenia on F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Scans Predicts Poor Prognosis in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy(2020) Topkan, Erkan; Selek, Ugur; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Ozdemir, Yurday; Kucuk, Ahmet; Torun, Nese; Besen, Ali Ayberk; 0000-0002-2218-2074; 0000-0002-1932-9784; 0000-0001-8120-7123; 0000-0002-7862-0192; 0000-0002-5597-676X; 32075362; AAG-5629-2021; M-9530-2014; AAG-2213-2021; AAD-6910-2021; AAE-2718-2021Objectives. To investigate the influence of pretreatment primary tumor or nodal photopenia (PP) on F-18-fluorodeoxyglu- case positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT), an indicator of tumor ischemia, on survival results of nasopharyngeal cancers (NPCs) treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT). Methods. The pre-C-CRT FDG PET-CT scans of 104 patients with NPC (cT1-4 N0-3 M0) were retrospectively examined to determine the presence of PP (PP+). Our primary endpoint was the influence of PP+ on overall survival (OS), while the progression-free survival (PFS) and locoregional PFS (LRPFS) constituted the secondary endpoints. Results. The PP+ was detected in 29 (27.9%): nine (8.7%), seven (6.7%), and 13 (12.5%) in the primary tumor alone, primary tumor plus neck nodes, and neck nodes alone, respectively. Because the PP+ cases were small by count per location, all comparative analyses were performed according to overall PP+/PP- status instead of per detected site. At a median follow-up of 67.8 months (range, 9 to 130 months), the median survival times were not reached (NR) for the entire population. while 5-year OS, LRPFS, and PFS rates were 73.3%, 68.2%, and 63.4%, respectively. Comparatively the PP patients exhibited significantly poorer median OS (49.8 months vs. NR, P<0.001), LRPFS (40.7 months vs. NR, P=0.001), and PFS (31.8 months vs. NR, P=0.002) durations than their PP- counterparts. Furthermore, the PP+ retained its independent prognostic significance in multivariate analysis (P <0.001). Conclusion. Present results uncovered the pre-C-CRT PP as an independent predictor of poor prognosis for NPC patients, which underscore the requirement for the fortification of the local and systemic treatments in hypoxic NPCs.