Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi

Tumor budding and tumor-associated lymphocytic response as histopathological indicators of high-risk disease in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Tumor budding (TB) and tumor-associated lymphocytic response (TALR) have emerged as promising histopathological indicators of tumor aggressiveness across epithelial malignancies. Recent studies have suggested that both tumor invasive activity and host immune response contribute s...

Chronotype, social jetlag, sleep quality, and somatic symptoms in medical students: A serial mediation analysis

Chronotype and social jetlag are important correlates of sleep and health, yet their joint relationship with somatic symptom burden remains insufficiently studied in medical students. This cross-sectional study examined the associations among chronotype, social jetlag, sleep qual...

Impact of adjuvant endocrine therapy on disease-free survival in early triple-positive breast cancer: a multicenter retrospective cohort study of the Turkish oncology group

Triple-positive breast cancer (TPBC), characterized by concurrent ER, PR, and HER2 positivity, poses unique therapeutic challenges due to ER–HER2 crosstalk. The optimal adjuvant endocrine therapy in TPBC patients receiving anti-HER2 regimens remains poorly defined. This multicent...

Evaluation of patients’ anxiety and perceptions toward dental imaging modalities: a cross-sectional study

The aim of this study was to evaluate patients’ anxiety and perceptions regarding periapical radiography, panoramic radiography, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), and ultrasonography, and to examine the differences among these modalities from the patient’s perspective. This c...