Category Archives: Makale

Cancer care provided within home environment is usually provided by spouses, siblings, children, relatives, and friends of the cancer patients. These individuals play a substantial role in meeting the practical, emotional, and even nursing care needs of their relatives without being paid [1,2]. They are usually referred to as ‘informal caregivers’ [1]. Research shows that…

Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is an extraordinary and interesting disease both to physicians and patients. Every patient with GIST is a new experience for the medical oncologist [1–5]. The Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) are used in GIST. However, RECIST criteria show limitations in the response evaluation in imatinibtreated GIST [6, 7]. We…