Advances in Medical Sciences

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Editor-in-Chief
Jacek Nikliński , Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

Deputy Editor
Jan Długosz, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

Managing Editors
Małgorzata Laudańska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Urszula Polakowska-Mierzejewska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

Editors International
Richard McCallum, University of Kansas Hospital, USA, Co-editor for USA
Jean Morisset, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, Co-Editor for Canada

Sections Editors
Jarosław Krejza, University of Pennsylvania, USA – Diagnostic Imaging
Jerry D. Glickson, University of Pennsylvania, USA – Molecular Imaging
Elżbieta Skrzydlewska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland – Pharmaceutical Sciences

Editorial Advisory Board
Heike Allgayer, University Heidelberg, Germany
Satish Batra, University Hospital Lund, Sweden
Tomasz Brzozowski, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Tomasz Burzykowski, Hasselt University, Belgium
Federico Cappuzzo, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Italy
Serge Carreau, Université de Caen, France
Mieczysław Chorąży, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Branch Gliwice, Poland
Lech Chyczewski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Andrzej Dąbrowski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Petr Dite, The Faculty Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
Maria Benedetta Donati, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
Wilfried Eberhardt, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Angelika Eggert, University Children’s Hospital Essen, Germany
Jürgen R. Fischer, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH, Germany
Giovanni de Gaetano, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
Andrea Riccardo Genazzani, Pisa University Hospital, Italy
Jan Górski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Jan Haftek, Warsaw College of Rehabilitation, Poland
Barbara Jarząb, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Branch Gliwice, Poland
Ewa Jassem, The Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Jacek Jassem, The Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Maciej Kaczmarski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Marcin Kamiński, Medical University of Silesia, Poland
Marie-Laure Kottler, Université de Caen, France
Marek Kowalski, The Medical University of Łódź, Poland
Adam Krętowski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Zita Kucinskiene, Medical Department Vilnius University, Lithuania
Tadeusz Laudański, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Juergen Lautermann, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Maria A. Leo-Lieber,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, USA
Andrzej Łukaszyk, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Barbara Malinowska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Christian Manegold, University Heidelberg, Germany
Li Mao, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Elias R. Melhem, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Paweł Murawa, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Marek Naruszewicz, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
Karl Oldhafer, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle, Germany
Tadeusz Orłowski, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Poland
Eric Pluygers, Jolimont Hospital La Louvičre, Belgium
Jan Prokopowicz, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Zbigniew Puchalski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Russel J. Reiter, University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
Axel Rolle, Carl Gustav Carus University of Dresden, Germany
Katia Scotlandi, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy
Pentti Sipponen, Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH), Finland
Jan Skowroński, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Jan Steffen, Warsaw Oncology Center, Poland
Marian Szamatowicz, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Miquel Taron, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain
Ronald Terjung, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Ulrich Treichel, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Grzegorz Wallner, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Maciej Zabel, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Jan Żeromski, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Victor V. Zinchuk, Grodno State Medical University, Belarus
Nico van Zandwijk, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands

Copy Editors
Danuta Dudzik, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Joanna Łapińska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Joanna Pogorzelska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Piotr Tomasz Protas, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

Contact
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15-089 Bialystok, Poland
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