Locations
Stanford University, Women's Cancer Center, Breast Oncology
Palo Alto
About
Bio
I am a medical oncologist and a hematologist with 20 years of clinical practice experience. I have also background in genomic medicine as it relates to cancer and blood disorders.
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Medical Oncology
Hematology
Licenses
United States: California, Idaho, Washington
Languages spoken
English, Turkish
Doctor Q&A
24 Answers
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Yes: Brca1 and 2 mutation analysis is performed at myriad lab in usa. One can either use an oral swab or blood for testing. It is strongly recommended that... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Because ...: If a suspicious lesion is noted on mammography an us is obtained. This allows for better definition of the lesion in the breast. However, a "negative... Read More
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A 68-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Terminology problem: The context in which the term non-aggressive used is relevant but your point is well taken as any cancer that results in an average survival of 6-18 m... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Clinical context : Clubbing can be sign of underlying lung, heart, liver disease or some cancers. However, it can be also without an underlying disease. As such it is... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Reactive may be not: The reasons for an enlarged lymph node are many. Usually, in a young person like you it is most likely not a malignancy and the fact that it did not ... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Not necessarily: Serum iron levels are not a good test to make treatment decisions as it is very variable and do not reflect inappropriate iron deposition. Ferritin l... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Definitely Not!: Chemotherapy is among various different tools available to oncologist to treat cancers. Other tools include but not limited to are: surgery, radiatio... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Is there a relation between polyclonal spike n increased plasma cells in the bone marrow pls answer?
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Short answer is yes: Reactive, meaning not malignant, causes of plama cell increase in bone marrow is not uncommon. In the setting of reactive processes such as inflammat... Read More
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3.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Yes but not reliable: Abdominal pain, change in bowel habits, blood in stool or black stool off iron, weakness with anemia, weight loss are some. However, more than half of... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Stage I, II and III: There are two staging systems one is iss (international staging system) and salmon-durie staging. Both are a 3 stage system i to iii. In addition to ... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Limited usefulness: This is a home kit to detect blood in stool. However, except for its convenience there is no advantage as it is a lesser sensitive assay compared to c... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Depends on symptoms : CF can happen in healthy persons. If causing symptoms one needs to find out the cause for cf. Simple steps like cold avoidance, stopping smoking or dr... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Short answer is Yes: This assumes that the patient underwent a fertility sparing surgery followed by 3-4 cycles of bep chemotherapy and the patient is relatively young. ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
May be, need workup: Your physician or referral to a hematologist would be ideal to work up the cause of your anemia. It may turn up to be mds (pure red cell dysplasia) b... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Not correct: First, progesterones, which Norethindrone is one, is associated with increase risk in breast cancer (i would not state causing it). Risk is more so i... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
They say my diagnosis is thrombocytosis and leukocytosis because of a high wbc count. what can i do?
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Not diagnosis: Thrombocytosis (elevated platelet count) and leukocytosis (elevated white blood cell count) are not diagnosis but laboratory findings. They can be ass... Read More
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3.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Sampling error: Fine needle aspirate of lymph nodes are not ideal for ruling out abnormal findings. Especially, with lymphomas there may be areas within the ln that a... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Review with your MD: Usually, when one aspirates a thyroid cyst one may see "rare epithelioid giant cells". Most simple cysts of the thyroid are benign. However, fine nee... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Not necessarily: Why was the ct done in the first place? Slightly enlarged lymph nodes in the mesentery are not specific for cancer. They may be normal variant or inf... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Most likely iron def: Low Hg, low MCV but high RDV and platelet count are suggestive of iron deficiency anemia. Simply have your primary test your Ferritin level (or compl... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Depends on location: High grade nhl is curable and should be evaluated & treated at a center with experience. However, the treatment may be 4-6 months long and patient w... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Depends on details: Stage at diagnosis (tumor size, lymph nodes involved, is it early stage, etc.), biological factors (Her-2 +/-, gene profile -OncotypeDX), your age and... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Biopsy: Ideal diagnosis of lymphoma is based on detailed examination of the involved lymph node tissue. On initial diagnosis it is strongly preferred to do t... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haluk Tezcananswered
Medical Oncology 37 years experience
Yes: The degree of inflammation various among different cancers types.
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Tezcan is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Tezcan is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! Pathology said suspicious papillary cance
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you for a complete explanation.
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Thank you, your answer put my mind at ease.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Graduated 1986MD
Residency
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Completed 1992
Awards
Top Doctor, Third Place, Idaho - Fall
2014
Top Oncologist , First Place, Idaho - Fall
2014
Thought Leader, Third Place, Idaho - Fall
2014
Affiliations
ASCO
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
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