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    Clinicohistopathological features and treatment outcomes of neuroendocrine tumors: a single center experience
    (CUKUROVA UNIV, FAC MEDICINE, 2018-01-01) Sedef, Ali Murat; Kose, Fatih; Sumbul, Ahmet Taner; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Besen, Ali Ayberk; Sezer, Ahmet; Ozyilkan, Ozgur; Abali, Huseyin
    Purpose: Tumor and patient characteristics of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) significantly change between geographical locations that probably induced by environmental and genetic factors throughout the world. Therefore, reporting single center experience may help clarifying epidemiological view and improving decision-making process. Materials and Methods: We performed retrospective analysis of 115 patients of NETs those who followed by Baskent University, department of Medical Oncology and department of General Surgery to record patients and tumors characteristics, treatment modalities, survival rates, and prognostic factors. Results: Median overall survival (OS) time for all group and localized NETs were 44 and 24 months, respectively. Most common primary site was found as gastrointestinal system and then pancreatic region. Curative surgical resection rate was 46\% and 8.5\% of patients presented with carcinoid syndrome. Liver metastasis was far the most common metastatic site compared to lung, bone, and lymph node metastasis. Over 70 percent of patients were treated with chemotherapy and somatostatin analogs. Conclusion: Patients with higher grade, male gender, and advanced age (>65 years old) had poor survival rate. However, relatively low number of patients and less usage of (<10\%) of new treatment modalities created limitations for producing future directions from our study.
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    Flare Phenomenon in Advanced Colorectal Cancer: Cessation of evacizumab after Predefined Cycles of Therapy may not Affect Outcome
    (AKAD DOKTORLAR YAYINEVI, 2017-01-01) Besen, A. Ali; Kose, Fatih; Sumbul, Ahmet T.; Ozdemir, Nuriye; Ozyilkan, Ozgur; Zengin, Nurullah; Abali, Huseyin
    Limited number of experimental and clinical studies showed rapid tumor regrowth after bevacizumab cessation in advanced colorectal cancer. We retrospectively evaluated rapid regrowth phenomenon in 105 patients those who were treated with the predefined number of chemotherapy cycles and grouped according to whether the chemotherapy regimen in the first line setting included bevacizumab (CT-Bev arm) or not (CT arm). Median age was 55 years old. Median overall and progression free survival times were 27 and 11 months, respectively. Rapid progression rates were 42\% and 40\% in CT arm and CT -Bev arm without no statistically significant difference (p= 0.84). In CT arm, significantly more patients with stable disease (SD) progressed rapidly compared to patients with complete (CR) or partial response (PR) (53\% vs. 27\%, p= 0.04). This result was also similar in CT-Bev arm (48\% vs. 30\%, p= 0.27) but could not reach to the significant p-value. Overall survival 2, the time from the end of last dose of chemotherapy +/- bevacizumab to death, was significantly shorter in both CT and CT -Bev arms for patients who showed SD compared to CR or PR (15 vs 38 months) (p< 0.001).Current study supports that withdrawal of bevacizumab after predefined treatment cycles may not have any adverse effect on patients' outcome of advanced CRC. This result is particularly acceptable for the patients who show CR or PR to the treatment.