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WOS: 000471597800008, PubMed: 31217707, Aim: To identify the psychosocial and economic problems of the pediatric patients with cancer who were treated at the Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology and Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital's Pediatric Oncology Department and their relatives during this process. Material and Methods: We interviewed a total of 100 patients who were treated at Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology and Child Health and Diseases Hospital's Pediatric Oncology Department between 1996 and 2015, and were now followed up without treatment and their relatives using survey questions on the psychosocial and economic problems they experienced. Results: Most of patients were from provinces outside Ankara. The average monthly income was below the level that would meet the family needs in 80% of the families and only 16% had extra income. Additional economic support had been received by 93% of the families in the patient group. Twenty-five families (25%) had been forced to sell property during the treatment. Forty-nine (49%) families had borrowed money from acquaintances and relatives or had taken out a bank loan. Serious psychological problems were experienced during and after the treatment by 46% of the mothers; 41% of the families had used religious procedures more commonly during the treatment period to cope with the psychological problems. Education was subject to a 1-2 year pause in 83% of the patients. Conclusion: Childhood-age patients with cancer and their families experience significant psychosocial and economic problems during and after the treatment process. Providing medical treatment and psychosocial support in harmony is an important factor that increases the success of cancer treatment. The patient and the family will require psychosocial support mechanisms throughout life, starting from the moment they face the disease. Developing national social support programs and legal regulations to form a basis for such programs are required in our country.

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WOS: 000294753600009, Aim: Treatment-associated cardiomyopathy which is one of the side effects of treatment, can be asymptomatic in Hodgkin lymphoma patients. The aim of this study was to find out whether tissue Doppler echocardiography was superior to conventional echocardiography in determining potential cardiac problems in the patients diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Material and Method: A total of 17 Hodgkin lymphoma patients (12 males, 5 females), and whose treatment had been stopped for at least 4 years were being followed-up with disease-free status and without cardiac symptoms and a control group of 14 healthy persons (8 males, 6 females) were included in the study. The cardiac functions of the patients were evaluated by M-mode, 2 dimentional, colour Doppler, CW Doppler and pulse Doppler techniques. Data analyzes were evaluated by program of Statistical Package for Social Science for Windows 11.5, and Shapiro Wilk, Student's t testi, Mann Whitney U, Fisher's exact chi square tests, respectively. Hospital ethic committee consent was received for the study (07.05.2007/no:5639). Results: There were no statistical differences between the two groups (p=0.302 and p=0.860 respectively) when both groups were evaluated in terms of ejection fraction and fraction shortening by conventional echocardiography technique. Evaluation of both groups for the left ventricle isovolumic contraction time revealed a statistically significant longer time in the patient group compared with the control group (p: 0.038). The results were found longer in the patient group compared with the control group when both groups were evaluated in terms of myocardial performance index parameters and the left ventricle isovolumic contraction time parameters (p=0.029 and p=0.049, respectively). Conclusions: We concluded that the left ventricle isovolumic contraction time, the left ventricle isovolumic acceleration time and myocardial performance index tests are important parameters for the early detection of cardiac pathologies that may develop in relation to chemotherapy. (Turk Arch Ped 2011; 46:228-33)

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. The clinical forms mostly depend on the port of entry into humans. Ingestion typically results in the oropharyngeal form and is associated with symptoms such as fever, pharyngitis, cervical lymphadenitis, and suppuration. In this report, we describe a child treated for Hodgkin's disease presenting six years later with a left cervical lymphadenopathy mimicking a relapse.

WOS: 000345957300013, PubMed: 25341603, Primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas (OAMLs) are mostly seen in the 5(th)-7(th) decades of life, with female predominance, and they occur rarely in children. Thus, knowledge about this cancer type is obtained from adult data in the literature, while the data regarding OAMLs in the pediatric population are limited to a few case reports. Herein, we report a 10-year-old boy with OAML who was treated successfully with radiotherapy, and we discuss this uncommon lymphoma in children.