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Evaluation of Cancer Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department within One Month before Death in Turkey: What are the Problems Needing Attention?
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2014)
Background: Although previously studies have reported that most patients with malignancy prefer to die at home, this is not the real situation in clinical practice. Aim: In this study, we aimed to determine the characteristics ...
Single Center Experience on Causes of Cancer Patients Visiting the Emergency Department in Southwest Turkey
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2014)
Background: Emergency departments are visited by cancer patients for palliation of cancer-related symptoms, management of treatment-related side effects, oncologic emergencies, co-morbidities, and/or end of life care. In ...
Predictive Value of Baseline Plasma D-dimers for Chemotherapy-induced Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: A Pilot Study
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2013)
Background: : Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia (CIT) is an important cause of morbitity in patients with cancer. Aim: To investigate the effect of the baseline plasma D-dimer level, an important marker for thrombotic ...
Complementary/Alternative Medicine Experience in Cancer Patients: A Questionnaire-Based Survey
(Akad Doktorlar Yayinevi, 2014)
A study was designed to evaluate the frequency of complementary/alternative therapy (CAM) knowledge and usage in cancer patients. A 23-item survey questionnaire was administered to 494 patients who received chemotherapy ...
Perspectives of Medical Oncologists regarding Music Therapy for Patients with Cancer in Turkey - Can Musicology be Integrated into Psycho-oncology?
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2013)
Background: Music therapy is a common complementary and alternative therapy in addition to medical treatment for patients with cancer. If music therapy, which is known has a positive effect on human emotions and behaviors, ...
Cutaneous Metastasis of Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
(Korean Dermatological Assoc, 2013)
Skin metastasis of primary gallbladder tumors is extremely rare with a reported incidence of 0.7 similar to 9% and it usually involves the thorax, abdomen, the extremities, neck, head region, and scalp. Cutaneous metastasis ...
Awareness of Cancer Screening During Treatment of Patients with Renal Failure: A Physician Survey in Turkey
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2014)
Background: Today, survival rate of patients with chronic renal failure/hemodialysis has increased so that chronic illnesses are more likely to occur. Cancer is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in such patients. ...
Review on Targeted Treatment of Patients with Advanced-Stage Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Medical Oncologist's Perspective
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2013)
Renal cell carcinomas make up 3% of all cancers and one in four patients is metastatic at time of diagnosis. This cancer is one of the most resistant to cytotoxic chemotherapy. Studies have shown that the efficiency of ...
Anti-Yo Antibody-mediated Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration in a Female Patient with Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma
(Oxford Univ Press, 2013)
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a rare non-metastatic complication of malignancies. It presents with acute or subacute onset of ataxia, dysarthria and intention tremor. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is ...
Relapse with isolated peritoneal metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature
(Termedia Publishing House Ltd, 2012)
Lung cancer rarely involves without involvement of other metastatic sites. The most common regions of metastasis are the pleural lung parenchyma skeletal system, liver, brain, and adrenal glands Compared with pleural ...