RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nobel Med 2008; 4(1): 22-27

RHEUMATOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS AND FINDINGS OF CANCER PATIENTS WHO WERE FOLLOWED IN OUR ONCOLOGY CLINIC

Erkan Cüre, Mehmet Şahin, Ali Kutlucan, Şevket Ercan Tunç, Abdulkadir Baştürk, Hasan Şenol Coşkun
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Rheumatologic complaints and findings can be seen in patients with cancer. In this study we aimed to investigate the frequency of heumatologic complaints and findings in cancer patients.
Material and Method: Fifty outpatients having histopathological diagnosis of cancer and 50 healthy individuals were included in the study. All individuals were questioned for rheumatologic (locomotor system) complaints and detailed physical examination was performed. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein (CRP), rheumatoid factor (RF), antinuclear antibody (ANA), anti-double-stranded DNA (Anti-dsDNA), antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and complement (C) levels were measured.
Results: ANA was positive in 12 (%24) patients with cancer while it was negative in control group. However, Anti-dsDNA and ANCA were negative in both patient and control groups. C3 and C4 levels were normal in both groups. Rheumatologic complaints and physical examination findings were also higher in cancer patient group than in control group.
Conclusion: Rheumatologic complaints and laboratory findings can be seen in patients with cancer. Physicians should be aware of the fact that these findings could be seen in cancer patients, so that false rheumatologic diagnoses may be avoided. Also it should not be forgotten that rheumatologic and malignant diseases may be seen simultaneously.

LIVER AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

05-09

Sebati Özdemir

REVIEW Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 5-9

AGING KIDNEY: SENESCENCE OR DISEASE?

10-14

Meltem Gürsu, Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu, Savaş Öztürk

REVIEW Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 10-14

IMPORTANCE OF HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN (HOLOTC) MEASUREMENTS IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY, ESPECIALLY IN PATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE VITAMIN B12 CONCENTRATIONS

15-20

Faruk Sönmezışık, Esma Sürmen Gür, Burak Asıltaş

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 15-20

EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL GROWTH IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER

21-25

Celalettin Koşan, Oğuzhan Sepetçigil, Atilla Çayır, Avni Kaya, Behzat Özkan

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 21-25

COMPARISON OF RISK INDEXES USED IN DETERMINING THE POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY RISK

26-31

Gülsüm Kavalcı, Cavidan Arar, Alkın Çolak, Nesrin Turan, Cemil Kavalcı

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 26-31

THE EVALUATION OF PRENATAL AND ENVIROMENTAL RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA, ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA ABSTRACT

32-37

Mehmet İbrahim Turan, Müferet Ergüven, Mehmet Özdemir

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 32-37

REOPERATIONS AND MORBIDITY IN THYROID SURGERY

38-42

Serkan Teksöz, Murat Özcan, Aytül Sargan, Yusuf Bukey, Recep Özgültekin, Ateş Özyeğin

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 38-42

EFFECTS OF RAMADAN FASTING ON BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL, LIPID PROFILE, BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, RENAL FUNCTIONS AND ELECTROLYTE LEVELS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS TAKING COMBINATION THERAPY

43-46

İbrahim Faruk Aktürk, İsmail Bıyık, Cüneyt Koşaş, Ahmet Arif Yalçın, Mehmet Ertürk, Fatih Uzun

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 43-46

MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE OUTBREAK CAUSED BY NOROVIRUS AND CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI OCCURRED IN A RURAL AREA IN TURKEY

47-51

İbak Gönen

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 47-51

FREQUENT CD99 AND FLI-1 EXPRESSIONS IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH PROLIFERATIVE AND APOPTOTIC RATES

52-56

Ufuk Berber, İsmail Yılmaz, Tolga Tuncel, Zafer Küçükodacı Aptullah Haholu

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 52-56
  • Pubmed Style
    Erkan Cüre, Mehmet Şahin, Ali Kutlucan, Şevket Ercan Tunç, Abdulkadir Baştürk, Hasan Şenol Coşkun. [ONKOLOJİ MERKEZİMİZDE KANSER TANISIYLA İZLENEN HASTALARIMIZIN ROMATOLOJİK YAKINMA VE BULGULARI ]. Nobel Med 2008; 4(1): 22-27, Turkish.
  • Web Style
    Erkan Cüre, Mehmet Şahin, Ali Kutlucan, Şevket Ercan Tunç, Abdulkadir Baştürk, Hasan Şenol Coşkun. [ONKOLOJİ MERKEZİMİZDE KANSER TANISIYLA İZLENEN HASTALARIMIZIN ROMATOLOJİK YAKINMA VE BULGULARI ]. www.nobelmedicus.com/en/Article.aspx?m=1716 [Access: Mayıs 24, 2021], Turkish.
  • AMA (American Medical Association) Style
    Erkan Cüre, Mehmet Şahin, Ali Kutlucan, Şevket Ercan Tunç, Abdulkadir Baştürk, Hasan Şenol Coşkun. [ONKOLOJİ MERKEZİMİZDE KANSER TANISIYLA İZLENEN HASTALARIMIZIN ROMATOLOJİK YAKINMA VE BULGULARI ]. Nobel Med 2008; 4(1): 22-27, Turkish.
  • Vancouver/ICMJE Style
    Erkan Cüre, Mehmet Şahin, Ali Kutlucan, Şevket Ercan Tunç, Abdulkadir Baştürk, Hasan Şenol Coşkun. [ONKOLOJİ MERKEZİMİZDE KANSER TANISIYLA İZLENEN HASTALARIMIZIN ROMATOLOJİK YAKINMA VE BULGULARI ]. Nobel Med (2008); 4(1): 22-27, [cited Mayıs 24, 2021], Turkish.
  • Harvard Style
    Erkan Cüre, Mehmet Şahin, Ali Kutlucan, Şevket Ercan Tunç, Abdulkadir Baştürk, Hasan Şenol Coşkun. (2008) [ONKOLOJİ MERKEZİMİZDE KANSER TANISIYLA İZLENEN HASTALARIMIZIN ROMATOLOJİK YAKINMA VE BULGULARI ]. Nobel Med, 4(1): 22-27, Turkish.