Browsing by Author "Kaplan, Mehmet Ali"
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THE ACCESS RATE TO DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT MODALITIES IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN TURKEY; MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Saip, Pinar; Keskin, Serkan; Ozkan, Metin; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Aydogan, Fatma; Demirag, Guzin Gonullu; Uzunoglu, Sernaz (Aves, 2011)Purpose: We aimed to determine the elapsed time between the first notification of the disease and the accession to the diagnosis and treatment modalities and its associated factors in female patients with breast cancer in ... -
Bevacizumab every 4 weeks is as effective as every 2 weeks in combination with biweekly FOLFIRI in metastatic colorectal cancer
Yildiz, Ramazan; Benekli, Mustafa; Ozkan, Metin; Alkis, Necati; Berk, Veli; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Ciltas, Aydin (Springer, 2012)The efficacy and tolerability of bevacizumab every 2 or 4 weeks using the same dosage in combination with biweekly FOLFIRI were retrospectively evaluated in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients in the first-line ... -
Bevacizumab-containing Chemotherapy is Safe in Patients with Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and a Synchronous Asymptomatic Primary Tumor
Cetin, Bulent; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Berk, Veli; Tufan, Gulnihal; Benekli, Mustafa; Isikdogan, Abdurrahman; Ozkan, Metin (Oxford Univ Press, 2013)Surgical resection of asymptomatic primary colorectal cancer in patients presenting with synchronous unresectable metastatic disease is controversial. Concerns and controversies remain over combining cytotoxic chemotherapy ... -
The case of gastric adenocarcinoma applying with malign Acanthosis Nigricans
Oruc, Zeynep; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Urakci, Zuhat; Kucukoner, Mehmet; Avci, Yahya; Isikdogan, Abdurrahman (Kare Publ, 2015)Achantosis Nigricans (AN) is a skin disorder characterised with hyperpigmented hyperkeratotic lesions. It occurs mostly in association with insulin resistance while it may also arise as a symptom of visceral malignancies. ... -
Classic Kaposi's sarcoma: A review of 156 cases
Çetin, Bülent; Aktaş, Bilge; Bal, Oznur; Algin, Efnan; Akman, Tülay; Koral, Lokman; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Uncu, Doğan; Özet, Ahmet (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)Background: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a reactive, multifocal, multicentric, angiogenic neoplastic proliferation that is thought to originate from endothelial cells that are infected with human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). This ... -
The clinical and pathologic characteristics of 400 gastrointestinal stroinal tumor patients from Turkey: The final results of the Turkish Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology Multicenter Registery
Sevinc, Alper; Seker, Mesut; Yildiz, Ramazan; Cihan, Sener; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Dane, Faysal; Karaca, Halit (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014)[Abstract Not Available] -
Clinical characteristics, treatment and survival outcomes in malignant pleural mesothelioma: An institutional experience in Turkey
Kucukoner, Mehmet; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Inal, Ali; Urakci, Zuhat; Abakay, Ozlem; Tanrikulu, Abdullah Cetin; Abakay, Abdurrahman (Imprimatur Publications, 2014)Purpose: To compare treatment modalities and investigate potential prognostic factors for survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Methods: The present study has investigated the data of 150 patients ... -
A Clinical, Radiographic and Laboratory Evaluation of Prognostic Factors in 363 Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Tanrikulu, Abdullah Cetin; Abakay, Abdurrahman; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Kucukoner, Mehmet; Palanci, Yilmaz; Evliyaoglu, Osman; Sezgi, Cengizhan (Karger, 2010)Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has a poor prognosis. Objectives: Only few studies in literature investigated the presence of pleural fluid and radiographic findings for the prognosis of MPM. Methods: We ... -
Efficacy and safety of raltitrexed combinations with uracil-tegafur or Mitomycin C as salvage treatment in advanced colorectal cancer patients.
Ozkan, Metin; Bozkurt, Oktay; Karaca, Halit; Ozaslan, Ersin; Daloglu, Osman Onur; Ciltas, Aydin; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali (Amer Soc Clinical Oncology, 2014)[Abstract Not Available] -
Efficacy of palbociclib and endocrine treatment in heavily pretreated hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: Retrospective multicenter trial
Demir, Atakan; Mandel, Nil Molinas; Paydas, Semra; Demir, Gökhan; Er, Özlem; Turhal, Nazım Serdal; Bavbek, Sevil; Eralp, Yeşim; Saip, Pınar Mualla; Güler, Emine Nilüfer; Aydıner, Adnan; Uluç, Başak Oyan; Kılıçkap, Sadettin; Üskent, Necdet; Karadurmuş, Nuri; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Yanmaz, Mustafa Teoman; Demir, Hacer; Alan, Özkan; Korkmaz, Taner; Olgun, Polat; Uysal, Özlem Sönmez; Altundağ, Kadri; Gündüz, Seyda; Günaldı, Meral; Sarı, Murat; Beypınar, İsmail; Başaran, Gül (Aves, 2020)Background: The synthesis of CDK4/6 inhibitors with endocrine treatment in two series of treatment has been widely accepted as the standard for patients with estrogen receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. In spite ... -
Efficiency and Side Effects of Sorafenib Therapy for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study by the Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology
Berk, Veli; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Tonyali, Onder; Buyukberber, Suleyman; Balakan, Ozan; Ozkan, Metin; Demirci, Umut (Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2013)Background: Inoperable and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is associated with a poor prognosis and low chemotherapeutic efficiency. Sorafenib is an oral multi-kinase inhibitor exerting its effects via the RAF/MEK/ERK ... -
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of malignant melanoma in Southeast Anatolia in Turkey
Sula, Bilal; Ucmak, Feyzullah; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Urakci, Zuhat; Arica, Mustafa; Isikdogan, Abdurrahman (African Field Epidemiology Network-Afenet, 2016)Introduction: The present study aimed to establish the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients who were histopathologically diagnosed with malignant melanoma (MM). Methods: The present study retrospectively ... -
Hodgkin's disease in southeast region of Turkey: Clinicopathologic features of 138 cases
Altintas, Abdullah; Isikdogan, Abdurrahman; Ayyildiz, Orhan; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Cil, Timucin; Atay, Ahmet Engin; Buyukbayram, Huseyin (Oxford Univ Press, 2006)[Abstract Not Available] -
The importance of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography in the diagnosis and clinical course of acute pancreatitis
Kaya, Muhsin; Değirmenci, Mehmet Serdar; Göya, Cemil; Tuncel, Elif Tuğba; Uçmak, Feyzullah; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali (Aves Yayıncılık, 2018)Background/Aims: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is characterized by acute inflammation of the pancreas and it has a highly variable clinical course. The aim of our study was to evaluate the value of acoustic radiation force ... -
Increased anti-Echinococcus granulosus antibody positivity in Fasciola hepatica infection
Kaya, Muhsin; Bestas, Remzi; Girgin, Sadullah; Cicek, Muttalip; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali (Aves, 2012)Background/aims: Parasitic helminths express some antigen, which often accounts for serological cross-reactions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti- Echinococcus granulosus antibody in patients ... -
Increased bone mineral density in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Kaya, Muhsin; Isik, Devran; Bestas, Remzi; Evliyaoglu, Osman; Akpolat, Veysi; Buyukbayram, Huseyin; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali (Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2013)AIM: To determine the relationship between non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS: A total of 38 patients (25 males) with a diagnosis of histologically proven NASH and 42 healthy ... -
Is the Pretreatment Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio an Important Prognostic Parameter in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma?
Cetin, Bulent; Berk, Veli; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Afsar, Baris; Tufan, Gulnihal; Ozkan, Metin; Isikdogan, Abdurahman (Cig Media Group, Lp, 2013)In this study, we have undertaken a retrospective review of 100 patient charts to investigate whether neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with progression-free survival (PFS) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma ... -
Massive Metformin Overdose in Two Subjects with Suicidal Behavior: Brief Communication
Arikan, Senay; Tuzcu, Alpaslan; Bahceci, Mithat; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Gokalp, Deniz (Ortadogu Ad Pres & Publ Co, 2012)Lactic acidosis is a well-recognized side effect of metformin, especially in patients with renal failure. Only a few cases of deliberate self-poisoning with metformin have been described in the literature. The mechanism ... -
Multicentric study on malignant pleural mesothelioma in Turkey: clinicopathologic and survival characteristics of 282 patients
Elkiran, Emin Tamer; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali; Sevinc, Alper; Aksoy, Sercan; Demirci, Umut; Seker, Mesut; Harputluoglu, Hakan (Humana Press Inc, 2012)Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a relatively rare, but aggressive tumor that causes high mortality. The major risk factor involved in the etiology is environmental and occupational exposure to asbestos. The optimal ...
