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Cladribine Treatment Outcomes in Hairy Cell Leukemia: A Single-center Experience Open
Aim: Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare, indolent, chronic B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. This study aimed to assess the clinical features, treatment responses, and outcomes of patients with HCL monitored at our institution. Methods…
Psychometric Properties of Fears of Cancer Recurrence Scales in Turkish Hematologic Cancer Patients Open
Background and Objectives: Fears of cancer recurrence (FCR) represents one of the most common psychological problems in cancer patients. Therefore, valid and reliable measurement tools are needed to assess FCR in this population. The purpo…
Cholesterol Levels Are Not Associated with Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilization in Healthy Donors Open
Background/Objectives: Hematopoietic stem cell (HSCs) mobilization from the bone marrow to the peripheral blood (PB) is a critical step in stem cell transplantation. Although some experimental studies have suggested that cholesterol levels…
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: A Single-center Experience Open
Aim: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is defined by the t(15;17) chromosomal translocation, resulting in the promyelocytic leukemia-retinoic acid receptor alpha fusion gene. The introduction of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic …
Role of WT1 in Measurable Residual Disease Follow-Up in the Post Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Setting Open
Objectives: The Wilms’ tumor gene 1 (WT1) plays a critical role in cell development and the regulation of essential genes involved in cell growth and metabolism. In the context of hematopoietic tumors, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML…
Is Ruxolitinib an Effective and Safe Therapy for Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases? Open
Introduction: Polycythemia vera (PSV), essential thrombocytosis (ET), and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) are BCR/ABL negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (CMPNs).As a result of abnormal clonal proliferation of hematopoietic cells, th…
Evaluation of oral manifestations and head and neck lymphadenopathy in newly diagnosed acute leukemia patients Open
Objectives To determine the frequency of head and neck lymphadenopathy (LAP) and intraoral findings (non‐dental/dental) in patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia (AL). Subjects and methods Twenty‐eight (52.8%) females and 25 (47.2%) …
Oral iron absorption test: myth or reality? Open
Introduction: Anemia is a serious health problem affecting one-third of the world's population. The most common etiology is iron deficiency anemia (IDA). The oral iron absorption test (OIAT) is a method that has been used for a long time t…
Uric Acid and Multiple Myeloma, Unexplored Association Open
Introduction: Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a common hematological malignancy and various factors affect survival.Uric acid (UA) is an easily and quickly accessible laboratory test.UA has been found to affect prognosis and survival in many hema…
Characteristics and Outcome of Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia: Experience of a Single Center Open
Introduction: Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a condition that overlaps with myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative neoplasms.The prognosis is generally poor, with a median survival of 20 to 40 months and approximately 1…
Prognostic value of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte/monocyte ratio, lactate dehydrogenase, and mean platelet volume in the diagnosis of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Open
Background Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a heterogeneous type of lymphoma, encompasses various biologic abnormalities and numerous morphologic variants, showing several clinical findings and responses to treatments. Lactate dehydr…
Is neutropenic fever an obstacle to effective stem cell harvesting? Open
INTRODUCTION: Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a well-established consolidation treatment for many hematologic cancers which delivers prolonged survival. A subset of patients’ adequate stem cell harvest is not achievable with…
Transformed Lymphomas: Is It Really Rare ? Open
Objective: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the factors that affect the prognosis of patients with transformed lymphoma who are followed up in our clinic.Materials and Methods: Forty-five patients with transformed lymphoma who were eligi…
Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Disease With Many Unresolved Questions Open
Introduction: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease and characterized with isolated low platelet count (<100x10 9 ).There is no single golden standard test for ITP diagnosis.Treatment is not indicated for all ITP patients.…
Face masks and polycythemia is the standard hemoglobin cutoff valid in the pandemic? Open
BACKGROUND: Polycythemia is a common reason for patients' admissions. With the introduction of COVID-19, face masks reached very common usage in the population. Masks may cause some degree of hypoxia that may result in high hemoglobin in h…
The Views of Patients with Hematological Malignancies About Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open
Introduction: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is often used by cancer patients, but not many studies had been published on the prevalence of CAM use in patients with hematological cancers.This study aims to determine the preva…
Febrile neutropenia risk factors in actively treated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients Open
BACKGROUND: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a serious problem, especially in hematologic malignancies, and can cause high mortality rates and it occurs in 10%–20% of patients with lymphoma. The aim of this research is to assess the risk factor…
The Relationship Between Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Obesity Open
Introduction: Leukemia is a cancer caused by immature myeloid cells.Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common acute leukemia in adults.Although AML has been known for decades, its etiology has not been largely elucidated.Obesity is a…
Is Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation a Risk For Divorce in Lymphoma Survivors? Open
ÖZETGİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: Standart kemoterapi dışında otolog kök hücre nakli (OKHN), relaps/refrakter lenfomalı hastalarda en etkili tedavi seçeneklerinden biridir.Lenfoma tedavisi için OKHN uygulanan hastaların sonraki dönemde sosyal yaşamda, iş…
The Place of Interventional Hematologic Investigations in Unknown Fever Etiology Open
Objectives: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a usually challenging clinical condition for physicians. The diagnostic work-up requires invasive procedures including culture of bone marrow aspirates and bone marrow/lymph node biopsies. In th…