Zehra ÖZCAN

Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Nükleer Tıp Anabilim Dalı

Research areas: Health Sciences, Medicine, Internal Medicine Sciences, Nuclear medicine, Internal Diseases, Cardiovascular, Nephrology, Surgery Medicine Sciences, Chest Diseases and Allergy, Hematology

Publications

• Hydatic Cyst Infection of the Tibia Mimicking Chondrosarcoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT Scan (2025)
• Nuclear Medicine Applications in Pediatric Sarcomas (2025)
• 2022 follow-up: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nuclear medicine departments in Europe (2022)
• Bone Scintigraphy: Basic Principles, Pitfalls and Pearls (2022)
• Challenges and possibilities for board exams in the Covid-19 era: experience from the Fellowship Committee of European Board of Nuclear Medicine (2022)
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nuclear medicine departments in Europe (2021)
• Prostat kanseri kemik metastazlarının saptanmasında konvansiyonel Tc-99m MDP kemik sintigrafisinden SPECT/BT’ye geçiş ve kazanımları. (2019)
• Prostat kanseri kemik metastazlarının saptanmasında konvansiyonel Tc-99m MDP kemik sintigrafisinden SPECT/BT’ye geçiş ve kazanımları (2019)
• CLINICAL VALUE OF DIURETIC RENAL SCINTIGRAPHY IN A TRANSPLANT PATIENT WITH ACUTE URINARY OBSTRUCTION (2019)
• DIAGNOSIS OF URINARY LEAKAGE IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS: ULTRASONOGRAPHIC, CLINICAL AND SCINTIGRAPHIC FINDINGS (2019)
• The Correlation of Clinicopathological Findings and Neutrophil-to- Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (2019)
• Assessment Of Bone Lesions With Ga(68)PSMA Uptake Without Visible Bone Density Change On Corresponding CT (2019)
• The Role of Nuclear Medicine in Pediatric Hydronephrosis (2019)
• Çocukluk Çağında Hidronefroza Yaklaşımda Nükleer Tıbbın Yeri (2019)
• The Correlation of Clinicopathological Findings and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (2019)
• Can Neutrophil/Lymphocyte and Platelet/Lymphocyte Rates Predict Bone Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients? (2019)
• Pediatric PTC with Diffuse Lung Metastases... (2018)
• A Case of a Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Gross Residual Disease after Surgery (2018)
• Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Microcarcinoma (2018)
• Low-Dose Radioiodine Therapy in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (2018)
• A Case of a Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Gross Residual Disease After Surgery (2018)
• Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Microcarcinoma (2018)
• Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (2018)
• A Case of a Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Gross Residual Disease After Surgery (2018)
• Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Microcarcinoma (2018)
• Pediatric PTC with Diffuse Lung Metastases: Pulmonary Function Testing and Steroid Therapy Prior to RAI (2018)
• Low-Dose Radioiodine Therapy in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (2018)
• Targeted Systemic Therapy May Be Promising in Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (2018)
• Metastatik Kastrasyona Dirençli Prostat knaserinde Ra-223 Tedavisi (2018)
• Targeted Systemic Therapy May Be Promising in Radioiodine-Refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (2018)
• Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (2018)
• Nükleer Onkolojide Teranostik Uygulamalar (2018)
• Neutrophil/Lymphocyte and Platelet/Lymphocyte Rates Can Foresee Bone Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients? (2018)
• Neutrophil/Lymphocyte and Platelet/Lymphocyte Rates Can Foresee Bone Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients? (2018)
• The assessment of relation between clinic-pathologic findings and ratios of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte in papillary thyroid carcinoma (2018)
• Surgical approaches for papillary microcarcinomas: Turkey’s perspective (2018)
• The Evolving Role of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging: Theranostics and Personalized Therapeutic Applications (2018)
• A Perspective From Turkey on Management of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid (2017)
• Nuclear medicine training and practice in Turkey (2017)
• Risk factors for persistent disease in papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node metastasis (2016)
• Multiple joint involvement in amyloidosis associated with myeloma and response to myeloma treatment A case report (2016)
• Risk factors for persistent disease in papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node metastasis (2016)
• Tuberculous Spondylitis Detection on PET CT and Correlation with MRI (2015)
• Comparison of FDG PET/CT and bone scan for diagnosis of metastatic bone involvement in breast carcinoma patients: A retrospective analysis (2015)
• Risk Factors for Persistent Disease in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Lymph Node Metastasis (2015)
• When Considering Radiosynovectomy, Which Isotope Should Be Used? A Critical Analysis of the Evidence (2015)
• The Assesment of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with T3-T4 Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma who Underwent Only Thyroidectomy without Prophylactic Central Lymph Node Dissection (2014)
• Radiosynovectomy in Hemophilic Synovitis (2014)
• Resistance to radioisotope synovectomy: three consecutive intra-articular injections may be solution for resistant joints (2014)
• Significance of First Thyroglobulin Level at the Time of Remnant Ablation in Predicting Clinical Course in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (2013)
• The assessment of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in children: A comparative study with scintigraphy and 24 hr ambulatory pH monitoring (2012)
• Assessment of Variables Associated with the Post-surgical Radioiodine Ablation of Thyroid Remnants (2010)
• Nitrate-enhanced Tc-99m MIBI gated SPECT for evaluating viable myocardium and left ventricular functions in patients with coronary artery disease (2010)
• Clinical Implications of Diffuse Hepatic Uptake Observed in Postablative and Post-Therapeutic I-131 Scans (2009)
• Two Pitfalls in Interpretation of Dynamic Renal Transplantation Scintigraphy (2008)
• Multiple Primary Tumors in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and Relationship to Thyroid Cancer Outcome (2008)
• Concomitant hyperthyroidism in patients with thyroid carcinoma and the effects of iodine supplementation in an iodine-deficient area. (2008)
• Clinical Outcome of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients with Lymph Node Metastases (2008)
• False-positive I-131 accumulation in hepatic hydatid cyst in a patient with thyroid carcinoma (2007)
• The management of well differentiated carcinoma of the ectopic thyroid tissue (2007)
• Estimation of Differential Renal Function Using Dynamic Renal Tracers in Comparison witt Tc-99m DMSA (2007)
• Does harvesting of an internal thoracic artery with an ultrasonic scalpel have an effect on sternal perfusion? (2007)
• Complex regional pain syndrome in a patient with spinal cord injury: management with pulsed radiofrequency lumbar sympatholysis (2007)
• A comparative evaluation of Tl-201 and Tc-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion spect imaging in diabetic patients (2007)
• False-positive I-131 accumulation in a hepatic hydatid cyst (2007)
• I-131 therapy in differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients with high thyroglobulin levels despite negative diagnostic I-131 scans (2006)
• Robustness of estimation of differential renal function in infants and children with unilateral prenatal diagnosis of a hydronephrotic kidney on dynamic renography: How real is the supranormal kidney? (2006)
• Serum thyroglobuline at the time of remnant ablation in predicting clinical outcome in patients with low risk differentiated thyroid carcinoma (2006)
• A comparative evaluation of tl-201 and tc-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion spect imaging in diabetic patients (2006)
• Scintigraphic diagnosis of protein-losing enteropathy secondary to amyloidosis (2005)
• Papiller Tiroid Karsinomu Histolojik Varyantlarında Klinik İzlem Bulguları (2005)
• Scintigraphic diagnosis of protein-losing enteropathy secondary to amyloidosis. (2005)
• Scintigraphic diagnosis of protein-losing enteropathy secondary to amyloidosis. (2005)
• Clinical Findings and Prognosis of Histological variants of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (2005)
• Diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (2004)
• Differentiated thyroid carcinoma and second malignancies (2004)
• The Coexistence of Hyperthyroidism and Thyroid Carcinoma (2004)
• Localization of accessory renal artery infarction using Tc-99m DMSA scintigraphy (2004)
• PRENATALLY DIAGNOSED UNILATERAL RENAL PELVIC DILATATION: A DYNAMIC CONDITION ON ULTRASOUND AND DIURETIC RENOGRAPHY (2004)
• Düşük Fonksiyonlu Böbreklerin Üreteroneosistostomi Sonrası Seyri (2003)
• Subacute thyroiditis during interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis B infection. (2003)
• Comparison of Tc 99m MIBI uptake ratios in lung cancer using two different regions of interests (2002)
• The role of Tc-99m sestamibi imaging in predicting clinical response to chemotherapy in lung cancer (2002)
• Tc 99m DMSA Localization in Infantile Hemangioma (2002)
• Technetium-99m-DTPA aerosol scintigraphy in amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity in comparison with Ga-67 scintigraphy (2002)
• The role of Tc 99m sestamibi imaging in predicting clinical response to chemotherapy in lung cancer Annals of Nuclear Medicine (2002)
• Assessment of regional kidney function may provide new clinical understanding and assist in the treatment of children with prenatal hydronephrosis (2002)
• Alteration of intestinal permeability in patients with gynecologic cancers treated with pelvic radiotherapy (2001)
• Correlation of Tc-99m-sestamibi uptake with blood-pool and osseous phase Tc-99m-MDP uptake in malignant bone and soft-tissue tumours (2001)
• Tc99m pertechnetate whole body scanning in differentiated thyroid carcinoma in comparison with I-131 whole body scintigraphy (2001)
• The role of 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy in the assessment of MDR1 overexpression in patients with musculoskeletal sarcomas: comparison with therapy response (2001)
• Scintigraphy in the detection of gastro-oesophageal reflux in children with caustic oesophageal burns: a comparative study with radiography and 24-h pH monitoring (2001)
• Papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid gland: Retrospective analyses of clinical presentation and outcome (2001)
• Assessment of chemotherapy-induced changes in bone sarcomas (1999)
• The role of Tc-99m MIBI imaging in the assessment of drug resistance in musculo-skeletal tumors. (1999)
• Assessment of chemotherapy-induced changes in bone sarcomas: Clinical experience with Tc-99(m)-MDP three-phase dynamic bone scintigraphy (1999)
• False-negative scintigraphy with Tc-99m sestamibi in stage IV neuroblastoma (1999)
• A comparative study with TI 201 and Tc 99 m V DMSA in the detection of lung tumors and evaluation of therapeutic changes (1998)
• In the evaluation of post therapeutic changes in patients with lung cancers Is TI 201 a reliabl agent (1998)
• A comparative study with Tc 99 m V DMSA and Tc 99m MDP in the detection of bone metastases of lung cancers (1998)

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