Soy isoflavones ameliorate the adverse effects of chemotherapy in childrenNurdan Tacyildiz
Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara, Turkey
Nutr Cancer 62:1001-5. 2010
..Further clinical investigation of soy isoflavones in pediatric cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation should be conducted...
The coexistence of thymic carcinoma and multiple granulomas in a Turkish childNurdan Tacyildiz
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:301-7. 2007
..To rule out difficulties of tuberculosis he also received antituberculosis therapy. Two years after cessation of treatment, he is still in remission for thymic carcinoma...
- Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of retinoblastoma: correlation with prognosis in a Turkish pediatric oncology center
Halil Ozdemir
Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:221-31. 2007
..Late referral might account for the delayed diagnosis...
- Causes of chemoreduction failure in retinoblastoma and analysis of associated factors leading to eventual treatment with external beam radiotherapy and enucleation
Kaan Gunduz
Ocular Oncology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Ophthalmology 111:1917-24. 2004
..To evaluate the causes of chemoreduction failure in retinoblastoma and to analyze the associated factors for eventual treatment with external beam radiotherapy and enucleation...
- Metastatic retinoblastoma clinical features, treatment, and prognosis
Kaan Gunduz
Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Ophthalmology 113:1558-66. 2006
..To evaluate the clinical features, treatment, and prognosis in patients with metastatic retinoblastoma...
- Obstructive jaundice: an unusual initial manifestation of intra-abdominal non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a child
Handan Ugur
Pediatrics Department, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 23:87-90. 2006
..Neither surgery nor percutaneous drainage were needed. In conclusion, biliary tract obstruction due to non-Hodgkin lymphoma can be effectively treated with chemotherapy alone without any surgical procedure...
Selenium in the prevention of anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity in children with cancerNurdan Tacyildiz
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Medical School, Ankara University, 06590 Ankara, Turkey
J Oncol 2012:651630. 2012
..These results suggest that Se supplementation may have a role in protection against anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity...
- Coexistence of Hodgkin lymphoma and cyst hydatic disease of the liver
Gulsan Yavuz
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 21:95-9. 2004
..Although there was no residual and/or new cyst formation on radiologic follow-up, elevated antibody titers (indirect hemagglutination test) persisted following surgical excision at least for 2 years of follow-up...
- Does serum soluble vascular endothelial growth factor levels have different importance in pediatric acute leukemia and malignant lymphoma patients?
Handan Ugur Dincaslan
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 27:503-16. 2010
..In acute leukemia and ML patients, VEGF acts through different pathophysiological mechanisms, in both bone marrow (BM) angiogenesis and lymphoid tissue lymphangiogenesis...
- Zinc and selenium status in pediatric malignant lymphomas
Ayhan O Cavdar
Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Nutr Cancer 61:888-90. 2009
..Supplementation of pediatric ML patients with Zn and Se, in addition to standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimen, is recommended...
- Strategies to manage retinoblastoma in developing countries
Guillermo L Chantada
Department of Hemato Oncology, Hospital JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pediatr Blood Cancer 56:341-8. 2011
..Although effective treatment of microscopically extraocular disease improved the outcome, worldwide survival will be increased only by earlier diagnosis and better treatment adherence...
- Concurrent cystic mediastinal lymphangioma and paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma
Suna Emir
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Blood Cancer 43:156-8. 2004
..Both rhabdomyosarcoma and lymphangioma originate from mesenchymal cells. This association may be coincidental or may point to a common genetic and/or developmental disorder of the mesencymal tissue...
- Encouraging result of tamoxifen in a retinoblastoma patient with central nervous system metastasis
Nurdan Tacyildiz
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 20:473-6. 2003
..The authors think that tamoxifen can be added to treatment protocols of metastatic retinoblastoma to provide longer and at least higher quality of life for these patients...
