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    The effects of vitamin D replacement on pathological complete response (pCR) in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy (NAC)
    (Wiley, 2021) Ozmen, Vahit; Ordu, Cetin; Ilgun, Ahmet Serkan; Unal, Caglar; Soybir, Gursel; Erdogan, Zeynep; Kayan Tapan, Tuba
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    The effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in patients with breast cancer
    (Future Medicine Ltd, 2022) Ilgun, Ahmet Serkan; Aktepe, Fatma; Gonullu, Onur; Kapucuoglu, Nilgun; Yararbas, Kanay; Alco, Gul; Ozturk, Alper
    Aim: This study investigated the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) and their treatment response. Materials & methods: One hundred fifteen patients with pre-NAC core biopsies and post-NAC surgical resection specimens were reviewed. Results: There was no significant change between pre- and post-treatment sTILs. Both pre- and post-NAC sTILs were significantly lower in patients with luminal A subtype. An increase in sTILs was observed in 21 (25.9%) patients after NAC, a decrease in 29 (35.8%) and no change in 31 (38.3%; p = 0.07). Pretreatment sTIL density was independent predictor of pathological complete response in multivariate analyses (odds ratio: 1.025, 95% CI: 1.003-1.047; p = 0.023). Conclusion: High sTIL density in core biopsies was independently related to pathological complete response. In addition, ER appears to be the most crucial factor determining the rate of sTIL. Plain language summary New studies have shown that the tumor microenvironment is critical in tumor behavior. Immune cells surrounding tumor cells are the main components of the tumor microenvironment. Our study aimed to investigate the change in immune cells before and after chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Our study included 115 patients. All patients underwent chemotherapy before surgery to shrink the tumor. Tru-cut biopsy pieces and the breast tissue obtained after surgery were examined. The presence of estrogen or progesterone receptors on tumor cells decreased the number of immune cells surrounding the tumor cells. The number of immune cells did not decrease after chemotherapy. Another finding was that the greater the number of immune cells around the tumor, the more likely that the tumor would disappear after chemotherapy.
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    The Role of Elastography in Diagnosis and Staging of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
    (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2019) Iyigun, Zeynep Erdogan; Agacayak, Filiz; Ilgun, Ahmet Serkan; Celebi, Filiz Elbuken; Ordu, Cetin; Alco, Gul; Ozturk, Alper
    Background: Early detection of lymphedema gives an opportunity for effective and successful treatment of lymphedema. However, the current diagnosis methods, except the bioimpedance analysis, perometry, and indocyanine green lymphography, have limitations in detecting early stage lymphedema. Sonoelastography is a diagnostic ultrasound technique that provides an opportunity to estimate soft tissue stiffness. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a brand new elastography technique. Unlike strain elastography, this method is conducted automatically, that is, independently of user's manual tissue compression. The aim of this study is to establish the role of sonoelastography in diagnosis and staging of lymphedema by using the SWE technique in lymphedema patients. Methods and Results: A total of 36 female lymphedema patients were included in the study. There was no significant difference between patients with stages 1 (n = 17) and 2 (n = 19) lymphedema in terms of age, duration after surgery, and body mass index (p > 0.05). But, differences in terms of circumference measurements for forearm and arm, L-DEX values, and duration of lymphedema were found to be statistically significant (p = 0.002-0.000-0.000-0.001). Elastography measurements between normal forearm and forearm with lymphedema showed a statistically significant difference (p = 0.012). Correlation was found between circumference measurements and elastography values of forearms (p = 0.004, r = 0.471) and L-DEX scores and elastography measurements (p = 0.041, r = 0.352). When circumferential measurements of the forearms with lymphedema were compared with those with normal forearms, stage 1 patients showed no significant difference (p = 0.850), whereas a significant difference was detected in stage 2 patients (p = 0.003). Conclusion: SWE should be a useful tool in diagnosis and distinguishing early and late stages of lymphedema.