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Publication Metadata only Impact of Malnutrition on Prognosis in Patients with HER2-negative Metastatic Gastric Cancer(2022-06-01T00:00:00Z) TOPÇU, Atakan; YASİN, Ayşe İrem; TOPÇU, ATAKAN; YASİN, AYŞE İREMObjective: Malnutrition is common in patients with gastric cancer and may adversely affect their prognosis. This study investigated the impact of malnutrition on overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic gastric cancer by computing the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), one of the most used nutritional screening tools.Publication Open Access Anxiety levels of breast cancer patients in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic(2021-07-01T00:00:00Z) YASİN, Ayşe İrem; TOPÇU, Atakan; SHBAIR, ABDALLAH T.M.; SUCUOĞLU İŞLEYEN, ZEHRA; ÖZTÜRK, AHMET; BEŞİROĞLU, MEHMET; TÜRK, HACI MEHMET; YASİN, AYŞE İREM; TOPÇU, ATAKAN; SHBAIR, ABDALLAH T.M.; SUCUOĞLU İŞLEYEN, ZEHRA; ÖZTÜRK, AHMET; BEŞİROĞLU, MEHMET; TÜRK, HACI MEHMETAim: To assess the anxiety levels of breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials & methods: A total of 298 patients completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S and STAI-T) and the Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety (VAS) and VAS for Anxiety in COVID-19 (VAS-CoV). Results: 144 patients were in the high anxiety category for STAI-S, and 202 patients were in the high anxiety category for STAI-T. STAI-T score was significantly high in the metastatic group (p = 0.017). VAS-CoV score in the hormonotherapy group was significantly higher than in the no-treatment group (p = 0.023). There was a positive correlation between VAS-CoV and VAS levels (r = 0.708, p < 0.001), VAS-CoV and STAI-S and STAI-T scores (r = 0.402, p < 0.001; r = 0.185, p = 0.001, respectively), and a negative correlation between education years and STAI-T scores (r = -0.172, p = 0.003). Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic is related to high anxiety levels in breast cancer patients.