Pre-Operative Combination of Normal BMI with Elevated YKL-40 and Leptin but Lower Adiponectin Level Is Linked to a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer Relapse: A Report of Four-Year Follow-Up Study.

Adipokines are powerful agents involved in the development of obesity-dependent cancers. This prospective study aimed to investigate the association between pre-treatment body mass index (BMI) and serum YKL-40, leptin, and adiponectin concentrations as well as the plasma activity of tissue factor (TF) and the future prognosis of early, non-metastatic breast cancer (BrC) subjects. The serum levels of YKL-40, leptin, and adiponectin as well as plasma TF activity, anthropometric parameters, and clinicopathological parameters were analysed in 81 treatment-naïve females with invasive BrC.

Scale and forms of domestic violence against schoolchildren in rural, rural-urban and urban areas.

Introduction: In 2017, the third cyclical study on the scale of domestic violence against schoolchildren and youth in one of the rural communes of the Western Pomerania (Poland) was carried out. The study took into account five forms of violence: mental, physical, neglect, economic and sexual. Previous two editions of the study covered urban-rural (2016) and urban gminas (2015).

Domestic violence against seniors in rural areas of West Pomerania, Poland.

Introduction And Objective: The study on domestic violence in rural areas of Western Pomerania (Poland), carried out in October 2017, aimed at determining the scale of domestic violence against the elderly, taking into account its 5 forms: psychological, physical, economic and sexual violence, as well as negligence.

Material And Methods: The research concept was implemented with the use of a representative sampling method by means of a questionnaire-based audit interview, and using research tools to measure the social scale of the phenomenon of domestic violence, the victims of which were the elderly from one of the rural communes of Western Pomerania.

Results: The basic results of the survey were as follows: 1) 40.

An irreducible left scrotal hernia containing a sigmoid colon tumor (adenocarcinoma) - Case report.

Introduction: In relation to all inguinal hernias, large irreducible scrotal hernias are quite rare, while such hernias containing colon tumors in the sac have so far been described in fewer than 30 cases.

Presentation Of Case: A 61-year-old patient was admitted for a planned surgery because of a large irreducible left-sided scrotal hernia. Intraoperatively, a large tumor of the sigmoid colon was found in the hernial sac.

[Elevated level of CA 125 antigen in women in reproductive age without neoplastic diseases in pelvis minor].

Behaviour of CA 125 antigen in women in reproductive age without neoplastic diseases in pelvis minor was presented. The study material was divided into 4 groups: 29 women with endometriosis, 16 women with inflammation of pelvis minor, 7 women with cirrhosis, developmental malformation of reproductive organs and pregnancy, 8 women of middle gynaecological age 6.75 had endometriosis.

[Congenital agenesis of vagina and cervix].

A case of vaginal and cervical agenesis was presented. The mode of therapeutic procedure consisting of several stages was shown. Menstruation to abdominal cavity was stopped, using pharmacological agent.