Background/Aims: To evaluate the prognostic significance of plasma caveolin (CAV)-1 and its association with survival and treatment response rates in metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC). Patients and Methods: Plasma samples ...

Introduction: Colorectal cancers are in the top of the cancer-related causes of death in the world and lymph node metastasis is accepted as the primary prognostic factor. In this study, correlations of FGF19 staining pattern ...

Background Although initial presentation of sarcomas in the head and neck region is relatively common, involvements of the larynx by rhabdomyosarcoma either primary or metastatic have been reported rarely. Case report A ...

It is important that population-based cancer registries provide accurate and reliable data for public health purposes. These data are essential data for planning of cancer control and prevention. In this study, we examined ...

Background: In this case-control study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and lung cancer. Materials and Methods: Total 200 individuals ...

A 40-year-old male patient presented with increasing serum levels of calcitonin and CEA. He underwent potential curative surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma, 3 years ago and then 7 months later he had metastasectomy ...

PURPOSE: The relation between higher body mass index (BMI) and pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer (BC) is a controversial issue according to the data of Western and ...

Background: Insulin-like growth factor (IGF), transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta 1), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are commonly studied growth factors, but little data are available on the ...

Amaç: Serum Lipokalin 2 (LCN2) seviyelerinin psoriasiste artmış inflamasyon için bir genel belirteç olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, LCN2’nin psoriatik lezyonlardaki reseptör düzeyini araştırmayı amaçladık. Yöntemler: ...