Publications by authors named "M Stelmach-Mardas"
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- The study investigates how androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) affects body composition and sarcopenia in prostate cancer patients, using data from various medical databases.
- Out of 2183 studies reviewed, only 7 were deemed relevant for analysis, which showed notable changes in body composition.
- Results indicated a significant increase in subcutaneous fat and a decrease in skeletal muscle metrics, highlighting that ADT contributes to body composition changes and the development of sarcopenia, while showing no significant impact on BMI or visceral fat.
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- The study investigates the link between natural killer (NK) cell characteristics and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development, focusing on NK cell maturity and functional receptor expression in patients' lungs.
- Researchers compared NK cells from 15 COPD patients and 14 healthy smokers, using flow cytometry to analyze their properties in both blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
- Findings revealed that certain NK cell receptors were significantly associated with clinical factors like age and disease severity, highlighting the potential role of NK cells in COPD progression and the broader understanding of their biology in this condition.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBelieved to be a rare cause of chronic diarrhoea, microscopic colitis (MC) is a condition with rising incidence. Many prevalent risk factors and the unknown pathogenesis of MC rationalise the need for studies on microbiota composition. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Embase were searched.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComputed tomography (CT) scans used in treatment response assessment in prostate cancer (PCa) patients are a useful tool for nutritional status evaluation. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status, including sarcopenia development based on CT scans, in PCa patients and its association with progression-free survival (PFS). Sixty-four PCa patients were included (group 1: 34 patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with docetaxel due to newly diagnosed, hormone-sensitive, metastatic PCa and group 2: 30 patients with castration-resistant metastatic PCa continuing ADT therapy with enzalutamide or abiraterone acetate).
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