Katarzyna Szymańska:
PROFESSIONAL RECORD AND NOT ONLY

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where I love working

One of my favourite offices 🙂

Some of my professional achievements and enchantments

contributed 16 chapters to the Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edition, by Elsevier (2019)
a bulk order but most of all a great honour of  working with top-level experts from the cancer field and a very professional editorial team  

participated in knowledge transfer programmes in developing countries (Mali and Haiti)
a unique and extremely enriching experience, with a very warm welcome from local staff and lots of great moments with the students, not forgetting many eye-opening and often heart-warming encounters outisde work

gained international research experience (and many friends!) at the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
a memorable time of hard work (and partying!) in excellent multi-cultural company; I had an occasion to work on both basic research and epidemiology projects, at different levels and across different research groups 

My scientific publications (full-text only)

K. Szymańska and S. Park. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.11132-8

K. Szymańska and S. Park. Acute Myelogeneous Leukemia: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp.9-17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65299-6

K. Szymańska. Esophageal Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 24-31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65301-1

K. Szymańska and S. Park. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 44-47. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65271-6

K. Szymańska, F. T. Bosman, P. Hainaut. Bladder Cancer: Pathology, Genetics, Diagnosis, and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 122-133. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65315-1

K. Szymańska. Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp.169-172. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65308-4

K. Szymańska. Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 193-198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65305-9

K. Szymańska and P. Hainaut. Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 292-298. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65828-2

K. Szymańska. Kidney Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 325-331. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65311-4

K. Szymańska. Cholangiocarcinoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 367-371. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65306-0

K. Szymańska. Squamous Cell and Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 412-416. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65320-5

K. Szymańska and S. Park. Chronic Myelogeneous Leukemia: Pathology, Genetics, Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 418-424. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65299-6

K. Szymańska. Colorectal Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 425-427. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65304-7

K. Szymańska and F. T. Bosman. Thyroid cancer: Pathology, Genetics, Diagnosis, and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp.471-482. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65745-8

K. Szymańska. Uterine Cervix Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 531-534. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65307-2

K. Szymańska. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut (Eds). Encyclopedia of Cancer, vol. 3, Elsevier, Academic Press 2019, pp. 571-577. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.65363-1

S. Mani, K. Szymańska, C. Cuenin, D. Zaridze, K. Balassiano, S.C.S. Lima, E. Matos, A. Daudt, S. Koifman, V. Wunsch Filho, A.M.B. Menezes, M.P. Curado, G. Ferro, T. Vaissière, B.S. Sylla, M. Tommasino, L.F. Ribeiro Pinto, P. Boffetta, P. Hainaut, P. Brennan, Z. Herceg. DNA methylation changes associated with risk factors in tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract. Epigenetics. 2012 Mar;7(3):270-7. doi: 10.4161/epi.7.3.19306

K. Szymańska, R.J. Hung, V. Wünsch-Filho, J. Eluf-Neto, M.P.Curado, S. Koifman, E. Matos, A. Menezes, L. Fernandez, A.W. Daudt, P. Boffetta, P. Brennan. Alcohol and tobacco, and the risk of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in Latin America. A case-control study. Cancer Causes and Controls. 2011 Jul;22(7):1037-46. doi: 10.1007/s10552-011-9779-7

K. Szymańska, E. Matos, R.J. Hung, V. Wünsch-Filho, J. Eluf-Neto, M.P.Curado, S. Koifman, A. Menezes, L. Fernandez, A.W. Daudt, P. Boffetta, P. Brennan. Drinking of maté and the risk of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in Latin America: a case-control study. Cancer Causes and Controls, 2010 Nov;21(11):1799-806. doi: 10.1007/s10552-010-9606-6

D. Gouas, H. Shi, A. Hautefeuille, S. Ortiz-Cuaran, P. Legros, K. Szymańska, O. Galy, L. Egevad, B. Abedi-Ardekani, K. Wiman, P. Hantz, C. Caron de Fromentel, I. Chemin, P. Hainaut. Effects of the TP53 p.R249S mutant on proliferation and clonogenic properties in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines: interaction with Hepatitis B Virus X protein. Carcinogenesis. 2010 Aug;31(8):1475-82. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgq118

K. Szymańska, L.E. Moore, N, Rothman, W.H. Chow, F. Waldman, E. Jaeger, T. Waterboer, L. Foretova, M. Navratilova, V. Janout, H. Kollarova, D. Zaridze, V. Matveev, D. Mates, N. Szeszenia-Dabrowska, I. Holcatova, V. Bencko, F. Le Calvex-Kelm, S. Villar, M. Pawlita, P. Boffetta, P. Hainaut, P. Brennan. TP53, EGFR, and KRAS mutations in relation to VHL inactivation and lifestyle risk factors in renal cell carcinoma from Central and Eastern Europe. Cancer Lett. 2010 Jul 1;293(1):92-8. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.11.024

K. Szymańska, J.E. Levi, A. Menezes, V. Wünsch-Filho, J. Eluf-Neto, S. Koifman, E. Matos, A.W. Daudt, M.P. Curado, T. Waterboer, M. Pawlita, P. Boffetta, P. Hainaut, P. Brennan. TP53 and EGFR mutations in combination with lifestyle risk factors in tumours of the upper aerodigestive tract from Latin America. Carcinogenesis. 2010 Jun;31(6):1054-9. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgp212

K. Szymańska, J.G. Chen, Y. Cui, Y.Y. Gong, P.C. Turner, S. Villar, C.P. Wild, D.M. Parkin, P. Hainaut. TP53 mutations at codon 249, exposure to aflatoxin, and subsequent occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in a cohort of chronic hepatitis B virus carriers from Qidong, China: a nested case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 May;18(5):1638-43. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-1102

G.D Kirk, O.A. Lesi, M. Mendy, K. Szymańska, H. Whittle, J.J. Goedert, P. Hainaut, R. Montesano. 249Ser TP53 mutation in plasma DNA, hepatitis B infection, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncogene. 2005 Sep 1;24(38):5858-6; doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208732

K. Szymańska, O. Lesi, G. Kirk, O. Sam, P. Taniere, JS. Scoazec, M. Mendy, M. Friesen, H. Whittle, R. Montesano, P. Hainaut. Ser-249 TP53 mutation in tumour and plasma DNA of hepatocellular carcinoma patients from a high incidence area in The Gambia, West Africa. Int J Cancer. 2004 Jun 20;110(3):374-9. doi: 10.1002/ijc.20103

K. Szymańska and P. Hainaut. TP53 and mutations in human cancer. Review. Acta Biochim Pol. 2003;50(1):231-8. PMID: 12673364

K. Szymańska, J. Szymaś, K. Dziechciowska, B. Siemieniako, S. Nowak, R. Słomski. Two-dimensional hybridisation analysis of DNA from glioma tumour cells. In: S. Nowak and R. Żukiel (Eds). Problems of the Modern Diagnosis and Therapy in Neurosurgery. Publishing House of the Poznań Society for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences, Poznań, 1999, pp. 107-110

What I believe in

  • regarding (scientific) communication

“It isn’t much good having anything exciting if you can’t share it with somebody.” (Winnie the Pooh)

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)

“The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” (Sydney J. Harris)

  • regarding education

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” (Confucius)

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” (Sydney J. Harris)

  • regarding translation

“Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.” (Günter Grass)

“Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.” (Italo Calvino)