Guidelines of Polish National Societies Diagnostics and Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma. 2018 Update.

Significant advances have been made in thyroid can-cer research in recent years, therefore relevant clinical guidelines need to be updated. The current Polish guidelines "Diagnostics and Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma" have been formulated at the "Thyroid Cancer and Other Malignancies of Endocrine Glands" conference held in Wisła in November 2015 [1].

Diagnostics and Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma.

Revised Guidelines of Polish National Societies Prepared on the initiative of the Polish Group for Endocrine Tumours approved in their final version between November 16th and 28th, 2015 by the Scientific Committee of the V Conference "Thyroid Cancer and other malignancies of endocrine glands" organised between November 14th and 17th, 2015 in Wisla, Poland; called by the following Societies: Polish Endocrine Society, Polish Society of Oncology, Polish Thyroid Association, Polish Society of Pathologists, Society of Polish Surgeons, Polish Society of Surgical Oncology, Polish Society of Clinical Oncology, Polish Society of Radiation Oncology, Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine, Polish Society of Paediatric Endocrinology, Polish Society of Paediatric Surgeons, Polish Society of Ultrasonography Gliwice-Wisła, 2015 DECLARATION: These recommendations are created by the group of delegates of the National Societies, which declare their willingness to participate in the preparation of the revised version of the Polish Guidelines. The members of the Working Group have been chosen from the specialists involved in medical care of patients with thyroid carcinoma. Directly before the preparation of the Polish national recommendations the American Thyroid Association (ATA) published its own guidelines together with a wide comment fulfilling evidence-based medicine (EBM) criteria.

Partnership programs in Poland.

Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), Albany Medical College and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology formed a Partnership in 1992 aimed at enhancing cancer control and care in Poland by providing technical assistance and education to foster existing programs and develop new oncologic programs.

Breast cancer in elderly women: characteristics of the disease.

The records of 325 women aged over 70 years, with breast cancer were reviewed to identify the characteristics of the disease in elderly women and to determine the eventual effect of age on its management. Over 50% of patients were in the advanced stage (stage III or IV). The percentage of inoperable cases increased with greater delay between the onset of first symptoms and the first medical consultation (Chi-square (chi 2) = 42.

Preoperative concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for local-regional and advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic oesophagus: preliminary results of a pilot study.

Preliminary experience based on the results of a pilot study on preoperative concurrent continuous i.v. infusion chemotherapy and radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in eight consecutive patients is presented.

Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in the treatment of patients with non-seminoma testicular tumours.

Twelve years of experience in performing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) in patients with testicular non-seminomas is presented. One hundred and fifty-two procedures were performed during the years 1977-1989. Seventy-four patients had RPLND prior to chemotherapy and 78 were operated on after the initial chemotherapy.

Reconstruction of full-thickness cheek defects after cancer surgery.

The value of various surgical techniques used to reconstruct full-thickness cheek defects is discussed. Small defects can be repaired with the use of local cervical skin flaps with a random vascular pattern. Axial pattern temporal flap is another choice, either alone or combined with a cervical flap.

Dura mater (Lyodura) in reconstruction of the abdominal and chest wall defects after radical excision of soft tissue neoplasms--case reports.

Three cases of abdominal and chest wall defects after radical excision of soft tissue sarcomas reconstructed with dura mater are presented. Based on intraoperative findings and early results it is suggested that dura mater (Lyodura) is of great value for the repair of full-thickness integument defects.

Distribution of lymph node metastases in the malignant melanoma of the trunk.

Of 1217 patients with malignant melanoma treated at the Institute of Oncology in Warsaw during the period from 1947 to 1982 there were 135 patients (11.1%) with malignant melanoma of the trunk. A retrospective analysis of this group of patients has been carried out in order to study the routes of lymphatic dissemination of melanoma.