Ilkay Tugba Unek Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Cancer chemotherapy, Prostate biomarker, Endometrial cancer
Department of Medical Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Oncology, Izmir, Turkey
Ilkay Tugba Unek was working in the Department of Medical Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Oncology, Izmir, Turkey. He has more than 40 publications. His current research area related to osteoarthropathy.
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Elif Atag, Seher Nazli Kazaz, Huseyin Salih Semiz, Ilkay Tugba Unek, Sulen Sarioglu and Tugba Yavuzsen
A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with 2 months history of dysphagia. Endoscopic examination revealed an ulserovegetan tumor starting from distal esophagus and extending to the cardia. Pathological examination of the biopsy revealed an epithelial malignant tumor without further classification. The patient underwent a surgery following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy with oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil and leucoverin (FOLFOX) regimen. Postoperative pathological analyses showed high grade EBV-associated lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the gastroesophagial junction and stomach. After surgery, we planned to administered 6 cycles of FOLFOX regimen as an adjuvant treatment. Lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma is a rare type of gastric carcinoma and ha... view moreĀ»