Cigdem Usul Afsar

Using Pazopanib and Radiotherapy to Treat Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma with Acrometastases

Cigdem Usul Afsar & Semra Paydas · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2015

Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the third most common urological cancer. Skeletal metastases from renal cell carcinoma are common, but metastatic tumors involving the hand and foot are rare. This is known as acrometastases and is usually a late manifestation ofdissemi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/17236

Effect of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy on Survival of Gastric Cancer Patients: Single Center Experience from the Southeast Region of Turkey

Feryal Karaca, Cigdem Usul Afsar, Meral Gunaldi, Ferhat Ozden, Ozcan Oktem, Fatma Sert, Necat Almalı, Gökhan Yılmazer & Ismail Sert · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Background/Aim: Gastric cancer causes the second highest number of cancer related deaths. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the survival of patients who are T3, T4, lymph node positive postoperatively and have undergone adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). We also examined th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17466

Palliative Radiotherapy for Spinal Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in Thalassemia Major

Feryal Karaca, Cigdem Usul Afsar, Fatma Sert, SebnemIzmir Guner, Vehbi Ercolak, Erkut Erkurt & Candas Tunali · International Blood Research & Reviews · 2015

Introduction: Non-hepatosplenic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis (NHEMH) is seen as a compensation mechanism in the patients with hematologic dysfunction. Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive hematologic disorder. The tissue involvement is seen very rarely in thalasemia major. Case:...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IBRR/2015/17235