Pediatric Oncologist
A-PERSONAL INFORNATION
-Name: BENGÜ DEMİRAĞ
-Birth date: 1975
-Forein language: English
-Company: Dr. Behçet Uz Children’s Hospital,
Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.
B-EDUCATION INFORNATION
-Faculty: Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty
of Medicine
-Date of graduation: 1998
-Current duty: Pediatric Oncologist
C-WORK EXPERIENCE
- Ege Univesity Faculty of medicine, Department of Child Health
and Diseases (1999-2004)
- Ege Univesity Faculty of medicine, Department of Child Health
and Diseases, Department of Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow
Transplantion Unit (2004-2010)
- TC Ministry of Health Erzurum training and Research Hospital (2010-2012)
- TC Ministry of Health Dr. Behçet Uz
Children’s Hospital (2012-…)
D- CLİNİCAL RESEARCH
1: Devrim I, Yaman Y, Demirağ B, Oymak Y, Cartı O, Ozek
G, Tulumoğlu S, Erdem T,
Gamze G, Gözmen S, Tatlı Güneş B, Bayram N, Vergin C. A
Single Center's Experience with Candida parapsilosis Related Long-Term Central
Venous Access Device Infections: The Port Removal Decision and Its Outcomes.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Jan 2.
2: Yöntem Y, Ilker D, Yeşim O, Ayşen T, Gülcihan O, Özgür
C, Meral AC, Burçak TG, Bengü D, Esin A, Selim B, Canan V. Analysis of fatal
cases of pandemic influenza
A (H1N1) virus infections in pediatric patients with
leukemia. Pediatr Hematol
Oncol. 2013 Aug;30(5):437-44.
3: Yilmaz MC, Aksoylar S, Erdogan D, Demirag B.
Complications of central venous
catheters in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation in
Turkey. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2012 Jul-Aug;29(4):199-205
4: Cetingül N, Midyat L, Kantar M, Demirağ B, Aksoylar S,
Kansoy S.
Cytoprotective effects of amifostine in the treatment of
childhood malignancies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jul;52(7):829-33.
5: Ertan Y, Sezak M, Demirağ B, Kantar M, Cetingül N,
Turhan T, Erşahin Y, Mutluer S, Anacak Y, Akalin T. Medulloblastoma:
clinicopathologic evaluation of 42 pediatric cases. Childs Nerv Syst. 2009
Mar;25(3):353-6.
6: Durmaz A, Durmaz B, Kadioglu B, Aksoylar S, Karapinar
D, Koturoglu G, Orman MN, Ozkinay F, Cogulu O. The Association of minor
congenital anomalies and childhood cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul
1;56(7):1098-102.
7: Serap A, Funda O, Bengu K, Mehmet K, Nazan C, Rasit Y,
Savas K. Sustained seroconversion of chronic hepatitis B infection after stem
cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2011 Aug;15(5):E92-5.
8: Y AK, Yaman Y, Isguder R, Carti O, Demirag B, Agin H,
Ozek G, Tatli BG, Albudak E, Berksoy E. Spontaneous epidural and subdural
hematoma in a child with afibrinogenemia and postoperative management.Blood
Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2014 Jun;25(4):398-400.
9: Cogulu O, Gunduz C, Arkun R, Darcan S, Kadioglu B,
Ozkinay F, Ozkinay C. Mandibuloacral
dysplasia with absent breast development.Am J Med
Genet A. 2003 Jun 15;119A(3):391-2.
10: Tütüncüoğlu S, Serdaroğlu G, Kadioğlu B. Landau-Kleffner syndrome beginning
with stuttering: case report.J Child Neurol.
2002 Oct;17(10):785-8
11: Kantar M, Sezak M, Turhan T, Kitis O, Mutluer S,
Demirag BK, Aksoylar S, Akalin T, Ersahin Y, Cetingul N. Melanotic progonoma of the skull in
infancy.Childs Nerv Syst. 2008
Nov;24(11):1371-5.
12: Doksöz Ö,
Terek DT,
Karaçelik M,
Yıldırım HT,
Demirağ B,
Meşe T,
Sarıosmanoğlu
ON, Arslanoğlu S.Massive
pericardial effusion due to intrapericardial mixed germ cell tumor in a
premature baby. Pediatr Int.
2015 Jul 6..
13: Dilek
İNCE, Bengü
DEMİRAĞ, Ersin
TÖRET, Yeşim
OYMAK, Yöntem
YAMAN, Gülcihan
ÖZEK, Timur
MEŞE, Canan
VERGİN. Propranolol
as a First-Line Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma: Single Center Experience.
Turkiye Klinikleri J Pediatr 2015;24(2):37-44.
14: Hülya TOSUN YILDIRIM, Gülden DİNİZ, Yeşim OYMAK,
Bengü DEMİRAĞ, Safiye AKTAŞ, Ragıp ORTAÇ, Dudu SOLAKOĞLU KAHRAMAN, Sevil
SAYHAN, Münevver HOŞGÖR. Caveolin-1 Expression is Associated with Tumor Size
and Therapy Response in Wilms Tumor. Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci
2015;35(1):31-5.
15:Dilek İNCE, Bengü DEMİRAĞ, Canan VERGİN, Nur OLGUN.Çocukluk
Çağında Posttransplant Lenfoproliferatif Hastalıklar Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative
Diseases During Childhood: Review Turkiye Klinikleri J Pediatr
2015;24(3):95-106
16: Akagunduz OO,
Kamer SA, Kececi B, Demirag B, Oniz H, Kantar M, Cetingul N, Sabah D, Anacak Y.
The role of radiotherapy in local control of nonextremity Ewing sarcomas. Tumori.
2016 Apr 18;102(2):162-7.
17: Devrim İ,
Demirağ B, Yaman Y, Bayram N, Özdemir F, Kara A, Özek G, Ayhan Y, Gülfidan G,
Oymak Y, Vergin C. A 7-year study of the distribution of nosocomial candidemia
in children with cancer. Turk J Pediatr. 2015 May-Jun;57(3):225-9
18: Devrim F,
Gülfidan G, Gözmen S, Demirağ B, Oymak Y, Yaman Y, Oruç Y, Yaşar N, Apa H,
Bayram N, Vergin C, Devrim İ. Comparison of the BD GeneOhm VanR assay and a
chromogenic agar-based culture method in screening for vancomycin-resistant
enterococci in rectal specimens of pediatric hematology-oncology patients. Turk
J Pediatr. 2015 Mar-Apr;57(2):161-6.
19: Ay Y, Karapinar
TH, Oymak Y, Toret E, Demirag B, Ince D, Ozcan E, Moueminoglou N, Koker SA,
Vergin C. Retrospective analysis of rituximab therapy and splenectomy in
childhood chronic and refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Blood Coagul
Fibrinolysis. 2016 Jun;27(4):431-5.
20:Divarcı E, Celtik Ü, Dökümcü Z, Ergün O, Özok G, Özen S, Gökşen Şimşek
D, Darcan Ş, Çetingül N, Oral A, Ertan Y, Demirağ B, Çelik A. Management of childhood
thyroid nodules: Surgical and endocrinological experience in more than one
hundred cases.J Clin Res
Pediatr Endocrinol. 2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.4272.
21: Karapınar TH, Yılmaz Karapinar D, Oymak Y, Ay Y,
Demirağ B, Aykut A, Onay H, Hazan F, Aydınok Y, Özkınay F, Vergin C. HAX1 mutation positive
children presenting with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.Br J Haematol. 2017 Feb 7. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14574.
22: Düzgöl M, Özek G, Bayram N, Oymak Y, Kara A, Demirağ
B, Karapınar TH, Ay Y, Vergin C, Devrim İ. Varicella-Zoster Virus
Infections in Pediatric Malignancy Patients: A Seven-Year Analysis.Turk J Haematol. 2016 Dec 1;33(4):346-348.
23: Olgun Y,
Aktaş S, Altun Z, Kırkım G, Kızmazoğlu DÇ, Erçetin AP, Demir B, İnce D,
Mutafoğlu K, Demirağ B, Ellidokuz H, Olgun N, Güneri EA. Analysis of genetic and non
genetic risk factors for cisplatin ototoxicity in pediatric patients.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Nov;90:64-69.
24: Ersavaş S,
Diniz G, Yildirim HT, Koca Y, Kahraman DS, Ayaz D, Demirağ B.
Expression
of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Kidney Injury Molecule-1 in
Wilms Tumor.Turk Patoloji Derg. 2016;32(3):158-63.
25: Bektas M, Akdeniz Kudubes A, Ugur O, Vergin C,
Demirag B. Developing
the Scale for Quality of Life in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 13-18:
Adolescent Form and Parent Form.Asian Nurs Res (Korean
Soc Nurs Sci). 2016 Jun;10(2):106-15.
26:İnce
D, Demirağ B, Karapınar TH, Oymak Y, Ay Y, Kaygusuz A, Töret E, Vergin C. Assessment of sleep in
pediatric cancer patients.Turk J
Pediatr. 2017;59(4):379-386.
27: Burcu A, Nazan Ç, Özgür Ö, Serra K, Mehmet K, Serap
A, Bengü D, Canan V, Haldun Ö, Savaş K, Tuncer T, Taner A, Yeşim E, Ömer K, Yavuz
A. Is there an increased
risk of spinal relapse in standard-risk medulloblastoma/primitive
neuroectodermal tumor patients who receive only a reduced dose of craniospinal
radiotherapy?Childs Nerv Syst.
2018 Sep;34(9):1657-1662.
28: Toret E, Demirag B, Köker SA, Doyurgan O, Ergin M,
Genc S, Karapinar TH, Ay Y, Oymak Y, Vergin C. Aplastic Anemia as an
Immune-mediated Complication of Thymoma: A Case Report.J
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Oct;40(7):e464-e466.
29: Devrim İ, Oruç Y, Demirağ B, Kara A, Düzgöl M, Uslu
S, Yaşar N, Aydın Köker S, Töret E, Bayram N, Vergin C. Central line bundle for
prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infection for totally
implantable venous access devices (ports) in pediatric cancer patients.J Vasc Access. 2018 Jul;19(4):358-365.
30: Yaman Y, Devrim İ, Ozek G, Demirağ B, Oymak Y, Gülfidan
G, Vergin C. Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in
paediatric leukaemia patients.Contemp Oncol (Pozn).
2018;22(2):105-107.