Bone marrow transplantation – how can we maximize cardiac status?

Papillary renal cell carcinoma – case report of a patient with disseminated disease treated with pazopanib with several years of survival against reviewing current literature

Papillary renal cell carcinoma is the second most common histological type of renal cell carcinoma with distinct cytogenetics, histology and prognosis. It exhibits significantly poorer response to molecular targeted ther...

Quality of life in oncology and quality of life in course of molecularly targeted therapy in patients diagnosed with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma

Introduction of molecularly targeted agents into clinical practice has led to marked progress in pharmacotherapy of advanced renal cell carcinoma. There have been six drugs of the therapeutic class registered to date. Fu...

Fertility and breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females worldwide. The mean age of breast cancer patients is > 60 yrs old, and it is seldom found in women < 40 yrs old (6.5%) and in very young women < 35 yrs old (0.6%). In...

Percutaneous vena cava superior angioplasty and stenting as an effective method of treatment in vena cava superior syndrome in the course of lung cancer

Vena cava superior syndrome (VCSS) is a sudden life-threatening condition encountered in patients with neoplasms. The prognosis depends on histopathological diagnosis, severity of clinical symptoms and administered treat...