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DIAGNOSIS OF 1,000 PEOPLE EVERY DAY: LYMPHOMA
Due to the cancer week, Turkey Medicals official member the Turkish Society of Hematology in Turkey, that publishes hematological cancers latest information, noted that an average of 1000 people are diagnosed with lymphoma every day, and stressed that in this sense, a phacity should be created.
Hematological cancers rank fifth in the world in terms of the incidence of cancers and second in terms of cancer-related mortality. Among hematological cancers, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and childhood cancers are listed as the most common around the globe.
Lymphoma is a malignant disease of the lymphatic system. Doctor in Istanbul Turkey noted that more than a million people around the world live with lymphoma, and an average of 1,000 people are diagnosed with lymphoma every day. A Turkish professor who made statements due to cancer week Dr. continued:
“There are more than 60 subtypes of lymphomas, mainly divided into two groups as Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and the clinical characteristics and treatment of each subtype are different. Unfortunately, most lymphoma patients do not know about the subtypes of the disease at the time of initial diagnosis. At present, awareness of the lymphoma subtype becomes important when information about lymphoma develops at a great pace and new drugs are groundbreaking in the treatment of the disease as a result of these developments being reflected in treatment. With the creation of this awareness, the right treatment will be applied to the right patient at the right time. For example, in some types of lymphoma, high-dose treatments can be applied, and in some types, patients are monitored smoothly for many years without starting treatment after diagnosis. Lymphoma is clinically manifested by growth in the lymph nodes. Growing lymph nodes can come into your hand in the neck, armpit, or groin. Although there is usually no pain in the diseased lymph nodes, growth and proliferation can be observed over time. Other symptoms of lymphoma include fever exceeding 38°C, weight loss of more than 10% in the last six months, and night sweats of severity that will require changing clothes or sheets. Individuals with these complaints are advised to contact Lymphoma treatment doctors in Turkey.”
Some types of lymphoma show a very fast and aggressive character, while others show a quiet and slow course that lasts for years, said a professor Dr. “Slow-moving lymphomas can change character over time, follow a faster clinic. The diagnosis of lymphoma is mainly made by removal of diseased tissue and pathological examination. Blood tests or imaging methods cannot diagnose lymphoma, but they provide detailed information about the character of the disease. Lymphoma treatment is planned by determining the stage of the disease and the risk. When making a treatment plan, the patient’s age, performance, and presence of additional diseases are taken into account. Lymphoma is considered among the curable cancers today thanks to modern chemotherapy, radiotherapy techniques and stem cell transplantation. With the use of recently discovered targeted smart molecules, lymphomas have become more successful manageable diseases with fewer side-effect profiles. Full recovery in some types of the lymphomas has now become the primary treatment goal.” said.
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MULTIPLE MYELOMA IS MORE COMMON OVER THE AGE OF 60
Multiple myelo of the immune system, excessive and uncontrolled proliferation of plasma cells that is an important member of the Turkish Hematology Association identifies a bone marrow cancer that arise as a result of the general secretary, Prof. Dr. shared the following information:
“Plasma cells produce antibodies that will allow the immune system to detect and destroy microbes that cause infections. Plasma cells produce many different and different antibodies (immunoglobulins) and allow them to fight against many different infections. In multiple myeloma, a single group of abnormal plasma cells proliferates in a dominant manner, and the production of this wide range of antibodies is interrupted. A single type of antibody that does not have a useful function, called paraprotein, is produced by abnormal plasma cells. Both abnormal plasma cells that multiply excessively in the bone marrow and clinical signs and symptoms of the disease occur due to impaired antibody production. Multiple myeloma, which usually occurs in old age, can be treated more successfully every day with new treatment drugs and methods that are developing and diversifying today. A significant increase in overall survival in multiple myeloma has been achieved with various new treatment drugs and methods developed recently. The average age of occurrence of multiple myeloma is 66 years. In other words, we detect the disease more in advanced older people. It is much less likely to occur in young people than in older people. Only 10% of patients are diagnosed under the age of 50. We know that in Western societies, its frequency is 4-5 new cases, which occur in 100,000 people every year.”
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MULTIPLE MYELOMA IS NOT CONTAGIOUS
A professor who noted that multiple myeloma, like all other bone marrow cancers, occurs as a result of uncontrolled proliferation of a single group of cells, exceeding the normal life and death cycle Dr. said, “This uncontrolled proliferation can be caused by changes in the genetic structure of the cell. Radioactive substances, certain chemicals can trigger this genetic degradation. Despite the various factors to blame, unfortunately we do not know the clear causes of the disease. In recent years, long-term follow-up of especially large patient groups has shown that all multiple myeloma patients undergo monoclonal Gamopathy, whose pre-disease importance cannot be determined, and myeloma precursor clinical processes, which we can call insidious Multiple Myeloma. In multiple myeloma, invasion of the bone marrow with abnormal plasma cells can disrupt normal blood-building function. Again, abnormal antibodies produced can disrupt the function of various organs. The cycle of bone building destruction can change in favor of bone destruction, and there may be an increase in the level of the element calcium in the blood. In this direction the most common signs and symptoms of anemia, weakness, fatigue, bone pain, especially back and neck pains-in the form of bone fractures, especially the bones of the spine in deterioration in renal function, an increase in the frequency of infection, weight loss, nausea, constipation, and frequent urination include. The true causes of multiple myeloma are unknown. Turk Doctors often can’t explain why multiple myeloma occurs in one person and not in the other. But we know that multiple myeloma is not contagious. You can’t get this disease from another person.” said.
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BONE PAIN IN THE BACK AND WAIST SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED
Usually the most common symptoms of multiple myelo back, waist and rib bone pain, easily fractured bones, feel tired and sluggish, and infection fever, weight loss, nausea or constipation, frequent urination is. Dr. “These symptoms are very often not due to cancer. An infection or other health problems can also cause these symptoms. It is very important for a doctor to make the assessment. Especially in the case of advanced age, anemia unexplained by nutritional deficiencies, low back, back and bone pain, kidney failure has occurred or calcium levels unexplained by other reasons, Multiple Myeloma should come to mind and the diagnostic process should be initiated with further examinations. It is possible to detect defective antibodies produced by certain blood tests. Again, microscopic evaluation of bone marrow can clarify the diagnosis by detecting increased plasma cells. Bone marrow examination is essential in the diagnostic process. Although conventional chemotherapy drugs were previously used to treat myeloma, significant improvements have been made in recent years and many new targeted treatments have been developed. With these new targeted therapies developed, response rates and survival times increased significantly and increased. Again, in appropriate patients, high-dose chemotherapy, which can be administered with the support of stem cells taken from the patient itself, also makes a serious positive contribution to survival., ” he said.
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3 THOUSAND CHILDREN A YEAR RECEIVE CANCER TREATMENT IN TURKEY
Second President Of The Turkish Society Of Hematology Prof. Dr. circulation gave information about cancers in children. Cancer, resulting from abnormal proliferation of tissue in the body, it destroys tissue and also out of the environment and/ or a malignant disease that can spread to distant tissues that childhood cancer is defined as between the ages of 0-17 of the common cancers, he said.
Childhood cancers leukemia, lymphoma (gland cancer, brain tumors, bone tumors, Renal tumors (Wilms tumor), Neuroblastoma (adrenal gland tumor), Sarcoma (Nov and soft tissue tumors), Retinoblastoma (eye the light-sensitive layer of the retina, which is observed in the tumor), germ cell tumor (reproductive cells other areas of the body, gradually formed a tumor, a liver tumor. Dr. continued:
“In adults, tumors are 100 times more common than in children, and the types of tumors seen are different. For example, breast, lung cancer does not occur in children. In children’s tumors, 60-70% of full healing is achieved with treatment. It is not known what causes cancer in children. Genetic and environmental factors are thought to be effective together. Causes such as smoking, eating too much fat, obesity, working with toxic chemicals can be the basis for cancers seen in adults, but there is not much such a cause in children. In some cases, viral infections such as EBV and HIV, exposure to the beam is thought to crash the immune system and cause cancer. Some genetic predispositions can also cause tumor formation (such as Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome). Pesticides, hormone-type fertilizers that are squeezed into fields can have a carcinogenic effect by switching to nutrients. 160,000 children a year in the world and 3,000 children in Turkey are treated for cancer. Cancer is much rarer in children than in adults, but still 4 after infections, heart disease and accidents. it’s the most common cause of death. Cancer in children is 100 times less common than in adults. Leukemia is the most common disease in childhood in Turkey and all over the world. Lymph node cancers (Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) are seen in our country with the second frequency. It is followed by tumors of the nervous system, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, and soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma), respectively. Bone, skin, eye and liver tumors are rarer.”
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EACH TYPE OF CANCER OCCURS WITH DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS
A professor who said that cancer does not have a single common feature, each type of cancer shows its own unique symptoms Turkish Doctor in Turkey said, “Cancers can occur with general symptoms such as loss of appetite, weight loss, eating disorders or fever. But each type of cancer also has its own unique signs. Most cancers other than leukemia have symptoms with swelling and mass formation in a certain area of the body. But, for example, the mass inside the brain cannot be seen from the outside, such a mass can cause severe pain, nausea, vomiting, strokes by pressing on the surrounding tissues. Some tumors or metastases put pressure on the spinal cord. Patients may experience loss of sensation and strength, such as back pain, inability to hold urine and stool, numbness in the arms and legs, tingling. In young infants, a whiteness in the eye, such as a cat’s eye glow, is a symptom of a tumor that develops inside the eye. A bruise around the eye, a forward jump in the eye can also be a sign of a tumor. Malignant tumors coming out of the reproductive organs can lead to early signs of puberty. Ongoing abdominal pain can be a symptom of intra-abdominal cancers. Blood cancers, which are the most common type in children, can come with fever and infection, as well as pallor and skin bleeding, abdominal swelling due to spleen and liver growth, and meringue growth. If children have a lymph node larger than two centimeters, the cause of this should be strictly investigated. In children, normally small lymph nodes in the neck, groin and armpit can be felt by hand. But leukemias, gland cancers, and many cancers can metastasize and spread to the lymph nodes. Swelling that grows along with pain in the arm, leg, hip is usually attributed to a blow or fall and is not focused on it, whereas this type of swelling can be a sign of a bone tumor. Childhood cancers differ from adult cancers, differing in both tumor type and survival. There are four different types of treatment, most commonly surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell transplantation. Treatments are sometimes administered alone, sometimes more than one type of treatment at the same time. Cancer recovery depends on the type of tumor, its prevalence, location, presence of metastases, more or less occurrence, and the child’s response to treatment. Currently, side effects of prescribed drugs or radiation are also very well fought, and permanent side effects are minimized.” said.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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