Pavlina Botsun

Cervical screening under wartime: resilience and quality of laboratory services in Ukraine during the Russian invasion

Pavlina Botsun, Iryna Omelianenko, Yurii SAVA, Mariia Panko et autres

Introduction Since February 2022, Ukraine has been facing the challenges of active armed conflict, undermining its healthcare system. Despite the ongoing war, the national cervical cancer screening program was launched in 2025. However, little is known about whether laboratory diagnostic quality can …

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Glycaemic biomarker trends across pre-war and wartime periods in Ukraine, 2021–2024: a repeated cross-sectional study

Oksana Sulaieva, Yeva Ilkiv, Viktoriia Yerokhovych, Vitalii Gurianov et autres

Background: The ongoing war in Ukraine have exposed the population to unprecedented stressors the long-term metabolic consequences of which remain insufficiently characterised. This study evaluated changes in glycaemic control and related biomarkers in the Ukrainian population during ongoing war between 2021 and …

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ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VAGINAL MICROBIOTA AND HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS PERSISTENCE

Ivan FEDORIAKA, Yurii Penchuk, Yurii SAVA, Pavlina Botsun et autres

Background. Persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) is a key factor in the development of cervical neoplasia (Curty et al., 2019). The state of local immunity and vaginal microbiota plays an important role in this process (Younes et al., 2018). Disturbances in the …

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Association of leukocyte telomere length and HbA1c with post-COVID-19 syndrome in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional pilot study

Anton Matviichuk, Dmytro S. Krasnienkov, Viktoriia Yerokhovych, Yeva Ilkiv et autres

Introduction Leukocyte telomere length is considered a promising prognostic marker associated with COVID-19 severity, adverse outcomes (hospital admission, need for critical care, and respiratory support), and mortality. However, the contribution of telomere length to post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) development is unclear. Aim This …

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Immune cells in thyroid adenoma and carcinoma: uncovering a hidden value of assessing tumor-host interplay and its potential application in thyroid cytopathology

Iryna Omelianenko, Nazarii M. Kobyliak, Tetyana M. Falalyeyeva, Oleksii Seleznov et autres

Introduction: Although the role of tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) in thyroid cancer is well established, little data exists about the differences in immune cell presence in thyroid adenomas and carcinomas. We assume that immune cell density could be an additional diagnostic criterion …

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Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland: a case report

Andrii Hryshchyshyn, Andrii Bahrii, С. Д. Хіміч, Hryhorii Bohush et autres

BACKGROUND: In this article, we report a case of renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland. Occult lesions of the thyroid were treated with a thyroidectomy. The case history presented below describes the patient's pathway and subsequent results. CASE PRESENTATION: A …

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HbA1c and leukocyte mtDNA levels as major factors associated with post-COVID-19 syndrome in type 2 diabetes patients

Anton Matviichuk, Viktoriia Yerokhovych, Yeva Ilkiv, Dmytro S. Krasnienkov et autres

Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) is an emerging health problem in people recovering from COVID-19 infection within the past 3-6 months. The current study aimed to define the predictive factors of PCS development by assessing the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels in blood leukocytes, inflammatory …

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Low mitochondrial DNA is associated with post-COVID-19 syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes

Yeva Ilkiv, Anton Matviichuk, Viktoriia Yerokhovych, Dmytro Krasnenkov et autres

Warthin-like variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node metastases: a case report and review of the literature

Andrii Hryshchyshyn, Andrii Bahrii, Pavlina Botsun, Volodymyr Chuba

BACKGROUND: We present a rare case of thyroid lesion marked as the Warthin-like variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (WLV-PTC) with lymph node metastases. A proper preoperative identification is difficult because of unspecific cytology features and common ultrasound characteristics of this malignant tumor. …

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The detrimental consequences of two consecutive disasters impacting cytopathology in Ukraine: COVID followed by the war

Oksana Sulaieva, Oleksandr Dudin, Pavlina Botsun, Svitlana Pischanska et autres

The Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing war in Ukraine caused unprecedented disruption in healthcare, including cytopathology activities. This paper elucidates the effect of two consecutive disasters-the COVID-19 pandemic followed by the war-on cytopathology practice in Ukraine through a single-centre retrospective study. Total testing …

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The impact of war on cytopathological practice in Ukraine

Oksana Sulaieva, Pavlina Botsun, Olena Koshyk, Iryna Omelianenko et autres

Aim: To investigate the impact of Russian invasion on Ukrainian healthcare services related to cytopathology screening and diagnostics.Methods: The workload and output of the cytopathological laboratory located in Kyiv before and during 8 months of Russian invasion were analyzed. The laboratory performance …

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COVID‐19 pandemic impact on cytopathology practice in the post‐lockdown period: An international, multicenter study

Elena Vigliar, Pasquale Pisapia, Filippo Dello Iacovo, Eduardo Alcaraz‐Mateos et autres

BACKGROUND: In a previous worldwide survey, the authors showed a drastic reduction in the number of cytological specimens processed during the coronavirus disease 2019 "lockdown" period along with an increase in malignancy rates. To assess the continued impact of the pandemic on …

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