SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER IN 2008-2016

Sigita Liutkauskienė, Roberta Žeimytė, Karolina Gudišauskaitė, Saulius Grižas Abstract Background and objectives. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosis made in men. Given that 2,293,818 new cases are expected worldwide by 2040, it is important to conceptualize the disease and primary stage of cancer, distant metastases, testosterone concen­tration, and previous treatments help to…

Common Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing and Cancer

Ričardas Stonys, Birutė Kazbarienė, Janina Didžiapetrienė Abstract According to statistical data, cancer incidence are increasing with age, for this reason, researchers have begun to look at what links these two processes. This article reviews molecular mechanisms, which are usually referred to in the literature reviews, that links cancer and ageing: genome instability, telomeres and shelterin,…