Publications by authors named "I Pasnik"

Although mature ovarian teratoma (MOT) is one of the most commonly detected benign tumours worldwide, its malignant transformation is rare. This article presents a case of a 47-year-old woman, operated on for emergency reasons due to a giant painful ovarian tumour, showing preoperatively no signs of malignancy. Surprisingly, a pathological report showed MOT coexisting with an early-stage ovarian adenocarcinoma developing as an endophytic papilloma.

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Despite numerous scientific reports on the negative impact of vitamin D3 deficiency on many respiratory diseases, little is known about the influence of this phenomenon on the development and progression of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). The presented study is an attempt to shed light on this occurrence. The research was performed on mouse strain C57BL/6J exposed to the antigen of (etiological factor of HP).

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European data suggests that over 30% of gastric cancer (GC) patients are diagnosed with sarcopenia before surgery, while unintentional weight loss occurs in approximately 30% of patients following gastrectomy. Preoperative sarcopenia significantly increases the risk of major postoperative complications, and preoperative body weight loss remains a superior predictor of outcome and an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) in patients with GC. A standardized approach of nutritional risk screening of GC patients is yet to be established.

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Background: Tumour development is greatly influenced by the systemic inflammatory response. Inflammatory factors, such as neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphcyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), mirror the balance between systemic inflammation and anti-tumour response. The current investigation examined the predictive and prognostic value of NLR, PLR, and LMR in advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the use of indocyanine green (ICG) for sentinel node mapping during staging laparoscopy in advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients, aiming to improve preoperative staging accuracy.
  • It is a multicenter, prospective observational study approved by ethical committees, focusing on the identification rate of ICG-guided sentinel nodes and examining various clinical variables.
  • The findings could lead to enhanced staging processes in GC treatment by better determining the pathological nodal status before starting neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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