Alvydas Česas, Asta Poškienė, Vaida Balsienė Abstract We present a rare case of neuroendocrine colorectal carcinoma.69-year-old woman presented with a pain in the abdomen andright side of the waistband. She was operated, was made the righthemicolectomy. Histopathologically infiltrative adenocarcinoma ofthe ascending colon was approved. Distant metastases wasn‘t foundand the adjuvant chemotherapy was administered. After 3…
Alvydas Česas, Asta Poškienė, Jolanta Česienė Abstract Melanoma is malignant skin cancer originated from melaninproducing cells. Melanomagenesis is initially triggered byenvironmental agents including ultraviolet (UV), which inducesgenetic/epigenetic alterations in the chromosomes of melanocytes.In human melanomas, the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) andthe PI3K/PTEN/AKT (AKT) signaling pathways are two majorsignaling pathways and are constitutively activated through geneticalterations. In 2002…
Alvydas Česas, Aušra Bankauskaitė, Jolanta Česienė, Jūratė Kasnauskienė Abstract Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains the leading causeof cancer-related death. Platinum-based doublet chemotherapyhas been a standard for patients with advanced stage disease.Improvements in overall survival and quality of life have beenmodest. Over the past decade, a large number of studies havebeen published that aimed to target…
Agnė Čižauskaitė, Donatas Petrauskas, Gintaras Gelžinis, Marija Sakalauskaitė Abstract Breast cancer is one of the first most commonly diagnosed typeof cancer in women and also the most frequent cause of cancerrelateddeath in Lithuania as well as in Europe. The sentinel lymphnode biopsy is established to be a ‚golden standard‘ in breast cancersurgery. Since the survival…
Lina Šakienė, Natalja Istomina, Sanna Salantera Abstract In Lithuania, still not enough attention is paid to patientswho are under the conditions of digestive tractsurgery, perioperative rehabilitation and social integration.There is a lack of reasonable patient-orienteddisease-related information about procedures,problems, complications and vital skills for hospitalizedand discharged patients to obtain. Realizingwhat these patients know, need to know…
Raimondas Šiaulys, Justina Domarkaitė, Michail Tarachovskij Abstract Objectives: To overview and analyze the experience of pelvicexenteration at Klaipėda University Hospital and to compare datawith other studies.Methods: The retrospective overview of patients who underwentpelvic exenteration from May 2011 to December 2013 wasdone. Complications and outcomes were estimated.Results: The analysis of 8 patients’ data was performed. Themean…
Birutė Strukčinskienė, Ineta Pačiauskaitė, Sigitas Griškonis, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė, Dalija Stasiuvienė, Ieva Griškonytė Abstract The survey on the lifestyle and physical activity was conductedin Klaipeda city. In the survey participated 1 062 adult inhabitantsof the Klaipeda city aged over 18 years (574 female and 488 male).The face-to-face interviews and quota sampling were applied.Chi-square test was used,…
Sigitas Griškonis, Aiva Dabašinskienė, Birutė Strukčinskienė Abstract The survey on teenagers’ nutrition was conducted in four KlaipedaCounty schools. In the survey participated 487 schoolchildren,aged 15 – 19 years (from 9 -12 forms): 223 (45.8%) boys and 264(54.2%) girls. In the study, 242 (49.7 %) respondents were fromhealth-promoting schools and 245 (50.3 %) – from the…
Birutė Strukčinskienė, Aiva Dabašinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract The survey on teenagers’ nutrition was conducted in fourKlaipeda County schools. In the survey participated 487schoolchildren, aged 15 – 19 years (from 9 -12 forms): 223 (45.8%)boys and 264 (54.2%) girls. Chi-square test was used, and thesignificance level p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.The study revealed that 60%…
