Neslihan Düzkale, C. Karaçin, S. Yörübulut, H. Erdem, Özlem Öz, M. Altınbaş
{"title":"Investigation of BRCA2 Gene K3326X Variant in Patients with Breast and Ovarian Cancer by Next-Generation Sequencing Technique","authors":"Neslihan Düzkale, C. Karaçin, S. Yörübulut, H. Erdem, Özlem Öz, M. Altınbaş","doi":"10.5505/aot.2023.68815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2023.68815","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The BRCA2 gene is a tumor suppressor gene involved in the repair of double-stranded DNA damage by homologous recombination. Until now, many cancer-related variants of the BRCA2 gene have been reported. There are conflicting publications in studies of the possible effect of the K3326X variant of this gene in cancer. This study investigates the K3326X BRCA2 gene variant and its role in the cancer pathogenesis of Turkish patients diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer. Materials and methods: In the study, 1957 patients with cancer diagnosis for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic analysis and 432 healthy individuals without a history of cancer were included. The K3326X variant was investigated using the next-generation sequencing method from the genomic DNA sample obtained from the individuals. Results: K3326X variant was detected in 54 of 1957 (2.75%) cancer patients. For the non-cancerous group, 11 of 432 (2.5%) patients were carrying the K3326X variant. When both groups were compared in terms of K3326X variant carriage, a statistically significant result could not be obtained for the individuals (p=0.934). Discussion: BRCA2 K3326X variant did not have a significant role in cancer etiopathogenesis. As a result, the variant whose clinical significance is not still been fully understood, was investigated for the first time for Turkish population. Our results suggest that the variant could be a benign variant.","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130356112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hilal Korkmaz, Mustafa Akşar, Halis Doğukan Özkan, V. Korkmaz, N. Boran
{"title":"Predictive Value of Complete Blood Count Inflammatory Parameters for Epithelial Ovarian Cancers in Women During Reproductive Period","authors":"Hilal Korkmaz, Mustafa Akşar, Halis Doğukan Özkan, V. Korkmaz, N. Boran","doi":"10.5505/aot.2021.30922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2021.30922","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Comparison of predictive values of complete blood count inflammatory parameters and serum CA-125 levels in the differential diagnosis of patients with epithelial ovarian tumor (EOTs) diagnosed in the reproductive period. Materials: In this study, 105 women patients in the reproductive period were retrospectively analyzed. The patients included were examined in terms of clinical, laboratory and pathological features. Results: The mean age of the patients was 41.5 ± 8.6 years and BMI was 28.6 ± 5.8 kg/m2. Of the whole study population, 54 (51.5%) were benign EOTs, 18 (17.1%) were borderline EOTs and 33 (31.4%) were malignant EOTs. When comparing these three tumor groups, a significant difference was found in terms of serum CA-125 [14.7 U/mL (2.7-238.6) vs 60.2 U/mL (7.8 – 557) vs 416.5 U/mL (2.4-7695), p<0.001, respectively], platelet count [294 x103/ μL (133-744) vs 303, x103/ μL (160-468) vs 383 x103/ μL (128-725), p = 0.018, respectively], neutrophil count [4.2, x103/ μL (1.9 -8.9) vs 4.9 x103/ μL (2.610.9) vs 5.1 x103/ μL (2.2 – 10.7), p = 0.012], neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) [2.1 (0.1-8.2) vs 2.6 (1.2 – 5.9) vs 3.1 (1-6.8), p = 0.021, respectively] and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) [154.4 (82.1-658.4) vs 168.1 (91.1-377.8) vs 201.5 (29.6-499.2), p = 0.008, respectively] values. In the ROC analyses, serum CA-125 levels (AUC= 0.818, p <0.001), platelet count (AUC= 0.673, p = 0.005) and PLR (AUC= 0.690, p = 0.002) values significantly predicted malignant EOTs. Conclusion: Preoperative platelet count, neutrophil count and PLR predict epithelial ovarian cancers significantly. However, diagnostic predictive values of all three parameters are lower than CA-125. Therefore, CA-125 is still the most valuable serum biochemical marker that can be used in the preoperative differential diagnosis of EOTs.","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133515886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kutlucan, L. Kutlucan, Esra Zeynep Coşkunoğlu, A. Basturk
{"title":"A Rare Case of Multiple Primary Malignancy Diagnosed with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma After Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma","authors":"A. Kutlucan, L. Kutlucan, Esra Zeynep Coşkunoğlu, A. Basturk","doi":"10.5505/aot.2019.26879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2019.26879","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115338824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giray Akgül, E. Esen, M. Turan, Ş. B. Morkavuk, Simay Akyüz, Yasin Gülap, Pelin Seçken, M. Gülçelik
{"title":"Investigation of Clinical and Histopathological Features in Invasive Lobular Breast Cancers","authors":"Giray Akgül, E. Esen, M. Turan, Ş. B. Morkavuk, Simay Akyüz, Yasin Gülap, Pelin Seçken, M. Gülçelik","doi":"10.5505/aot.2023.92678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2023.92678","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115594671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of metastatic focus on survival after cytoreductive nephrectomy in renal cell carcinoma: Experience of a single center","authors":"I. Selvi, E. Öztürk","doi":"10.5505/aot.2019.48403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2019.48403","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121794219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular Characterization Reveals the Importance and Diversity of Germline and Somatic RET Mutations in Cancer","authors":"I. Sahin, H. Erdem","doi":"10.5505/aot.2021.25932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2021.25932","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123761553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of infiltration analgesia and pectoral nerve block in the pain management after mastectomy for breast cancer","authors":"G. Argun, İ. Kaya, S. Ünver","doi":"10.5505/aot.2019.26928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2019.26928","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION: In this study, we aimed to compare the superiority of infiltration analgesia and pectoral nerve block methods on pain scores, total opioid consumption and discharge time from post anesthesia care unit (PACU) of patients after oncologic mastectomy. METHODS: After approval of the ethics committee and patient consent, sixty patients who underwent mastectomy for breast cancer between 18-80 years of age were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups, who underwent pectoral nerve block for postoperative analgesia as Group I and infiltration analgesia as Group II. Intraoperative tenoxicam of 20 mg was applied to all patients. Postoperative pain was evaluated with Visual Analog Scala (VAS) at the 1st, 6th, 12th and 24th hours. Patients with a VAS of more than 3 were given tramadol 1 mg/kg and morphine (05-1 mg) if necessary. In the first 24 hours postoperatively, total analgesic consumption, discharge time from PACU, rates of nausea, vomiting and other side effects of patients were recorded and results were evaluated statistically. RESULTS: Demographic characteristics were similar in two groups. Postoperative VAS scores were significantly lower in the pectoral nerve block group at the 1st, 6th, 12th and 24th hours compared to the infiltration analgesia group. The total analgesic consumption, nauseavomiting rate, and discharge time from PACU were significantly lower in the pectoral nerve block group. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: In our study, pectoral nerve block method was found superior to infiltration analgesia method on postoperative pain management in oncologic breast surgery. In conclusion, we recommend the pectoral nerve block to supply effective pain management and early discharge time from PACU after mastectomy for breast cancer.","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124421410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merih Reis Aras, M. Albayrak, A. Yıldız, S. Maral, H. B. Afacan Öztürk, P. Akyol, M. Tığlıoğlu, B. Sağlam, F. Yılmaz
{"title":"The predictive value of FDG-PET / CT in assessing bone marrow involvement in Hodgkin Lymphoma patients; A single center experience","authors":"Merih Reis Aras, M. Albayrak, A. Yıldız, S. Maral, H. B. Afacan Öztürk, P. Akyol, M. Tığlıoğlu, B. Sağlam, F. Yılmaz","doi":"10.5505/aot.2021.08941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/aot.2021.08941","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":435847,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oncologica Turcica","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121823195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}