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Purpose:
Voluntary deep inspiration breath hold (v-DIBH) reduces cardiac dose during left-sided breast irradiation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the reproducibility and variability of breath-hold level (BHL) using breath-hold curves and lateral kV setup images together.
Material/method:
A retrospective analysis of 30 left breast canc...
We aimed to bring our patients diagnosed with medically inoperable endometrial cancer, which is relatively rare, to the literature, to present their comorbidities and survival results.
Objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate the bone turnover marker levels according to bisphosphonate usage and radiotherapy (RT) in cancer patients with metastases in osteolytic pattern.
Patients and methods: A total of 52 patients (13 males, 39 females; median age: 52 years; range, 37 to 78 years) treated with RT for osteolytic bone meta...
Aim:Rectal cancer is an important cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide (1-2). Although rectal cancers can be diagnosed earlier nowadays due to the development of screening programmes, 18% of patients have a locally advanced stage at the time of diagnosis (3). Despite the improvements in total mesorectal excision and oncological treatments, the...
Background:
The caregivers of advanced cancer patients face many physical, psychological, social, and economic problems. In this study, the quality of life and burden in the primary family caregiver of patients with advanced cancer receiving inpatient palliative care were investigated.
Methods:
A total of 200 patients with advanced cancer hospit...
Introduction
Palliative care (PC) is a holistic philosophy of care that can only be obtained through the awareness of public and healthcare professionals, PC training and good integration into the health system. Depending on health system structures, there are differences in PC models and organisations in various countries. This study is designed t...
Background Hyperthermia is a radio/chemo sensitizing method effectively used in oncological treatments. These devices, which have been used effectively in many centers around the world in the treatment of cancer, are currently unavailable in our country. In this study, hyperthermia treatments that could be applied, the number of hyperthermia device...
Amaç: Radyoterapi en sık kullanılan kanser tedavi yöntemlerinden birisidir ve tedavi etkisinin sağlanabilmesi için yüksek doz iyonize radyasyon kullanılmaktadır. Bu radyasyonlu ortamda çalışan radyoterapi personelleri için radyasyona maruz kalmak en büyük mesleki sorundur ve ciddi korunma önlemleri alınması gerekmektedir. Bu doğrultuda radyasyon on...
Amaç: Kanserli hastaların %10-15’inde kemik metastazı ilk bulgudur ve %30-90’ında kemik metastazı görülür. Kemik metastazları kansere bağlı ağrının en sık nedenlerinden birisidir. Radyoterapi (RT) ağrı palyasyonunu kısa bir sürede sağlaması, patolojik fraktür gelişmesini önlemesi ve minimal yan etki oluşturması nedeni ile kemik metastazlarında ilk...
Background:
The medical management of chronic respiratory diseases becomes more difficult with the increase in the rate of the elderly population. Monitoring and treating chronic respiratory diseases at home are more comfortable for both the patient and their relatives. Therefore, countries need to develop policies regarding home health services (...
Introduction
In this study, the differences between calculated and measured dose values were then analysed to assess the performance, in terms of accuracy, of the tested treatment planning system (TPS) algorithms applied to calculate electron beam dose targeted and non-targeted the breast region.
Materials and methods
The beryllium oxide (BeO) dos...
Objective:
There is an increase in the incidence of cancer, and consequently in mortality rates, both in the world and in Turkey. The increase in the incidence and mortality rate of cancer are more prominent in our country as well as in other developing countries. The aim of this workshop was to determine the current status on prevention, screenin...
Introduction: We want to present a rare case of Primary leiomyosarcoma of the thyroid (PLT) gland and review the
Background
In the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma, radiotherapy has been used for the purpose of prophylaxis to reduce the incidence of recurrence at surgical insertion sites or palliate the symptoms.AimThe purpose of the study was to evaluate the techniques and effectiveness of radiotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma.Materials...
An analysis of the current nuclear medicine (NM) status and future demand in Turkey in line with the international benchmarks was conducted to establish a comprehensive baseline reference.
Data from all NM centers on major equipment and manpower in Turkey were collected through a survey and cross-checked with the primary research and governmental d...
An organized palliative care system was lacking in Turkey before 2010. One of the pillars of Turkish Cancer Control Programme
is palliative care. The Pallia-Turk project in this respect has been implemented by the Ministry since 2010. The project is
unique since it is population based and organized at the primary level. This means, the whole popula...
This study was conducted to find out the frequency of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use that could lead to troubles in patient health and in applied standard therapy protocols when used improperly, which method is used, the reasons for use and from which resources the information about this topic were obtained. A questionnaire consis...
Palliative care is an emerging topic in Turkey within recent years. Currently, there are only few number of palliative care services across the country and majority of the centers are pain control units. Morphine consumption rate per capita is low, accessibility and availability of morphine products are also limited. One of the main headings of Tur...
An analysis of the current radiotherapy status in Turkey was conducted to establish a comprehensive baseline. Turkey's future demand analysis in view of international benchmarks was conducted. Moreover, the ministerial plans are shared to present an example for making a comprehensive planning in developing countries.
The data from all radiotherapy...
Glioblastoma is the most common primary brain tumor in adults. The standard treatment is surgery and radiotherapy. In this study, the results of radiotherapy plus concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide are reported. In addition, the efficiency of adjuvant temozolomide is evaluated.
Forty-one patients were analyzed. All patients received radiotherapy...
The combination of radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy (CT) is the main treatment modality of limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The application of radiation timing, doses, fraction schedules in this modality and the indication of prophylactic cranial irradiation is recently controversial. In this retrospective study, these subjects were e...
