Tomasz Banaś

INTRODUCTION: Cancer is associated with chronic pain, which significantly reduces the quality of life. The level of pain depends on the dominant pain management strategy that the patient uses. OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to evaluate the ap…

INTRODUCTION: DNA fragmentation factors 40 and 45 (DFF40 and DFF45) are final executors of apoptosis, and B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) is a well-recognized apoptosis inhibitor. We aimed to evaluate DFF40, DFF45 and Bcl-2 immunoexpression in th…

Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is a membrane enzyme present not only in the liver but also in healthy endometrial epithelium. Its overexpression has been demonstrated in numerous malignancies, where it exerts an anti-apoptotic effect and …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a well-known cause of infertility, and the anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) is an accepted biomarker of ovarian reserve and response to artificial reproductive technology procedures. The present study was a prospect…

STUDY QUESTION: Can morphologic measurements (width, length and surface area) of the uterine septum predict healing-dependent abnormal anatomic results [ARs; residual septum (RS) and intrauterine adhesions in other locations (IUA-OLs)] afte…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis, defined as a spread of endometrium outside the uterus cavity, affects up to 30% women of reproductive age, with the ovaries being its most common localization. In the ectopic lesions, endometrial cells show abnorma…

BACKGROUND: The coexistence of endometrial and immune cells during decidualization is preserved by the ability of endometrial cells to regulate the cytotoxic immune activity and their capability to be resistant to immune-mediated apoptosis.…

INTRODUCTION: The participation of immune tolerance during pregnancy was suggested to be an important factor predisposing to the implantation of decidual cells after cesarean section in Pfannenstiel scar. Delivery at term is related to the …