One of the key obstacles in the progress of cancer treatment is the lack of balance between theuncontrolled proliferation and cell apoptosis. It is now known that sphingolipids are essentialmolecules regulating the processes of growth, differentiation and death of living cells. Dependingon their chemical nature, sphingolipids may have a stimulatory (S1P, sphingosine-1-phosphate)or inhibitory (ceramide) effect on cellular proliferation. A number of different studies have shownthat the generation of ceramide in response to cytotoxic therapy is an important element leadingto cell death. Cancer cells use different methods limiting the production of ceramides that leads totheir removal. The effect of oncogenic S1P results from its stimulating ef...