Search for dissertations about: "borderline tumors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words borderline tumors.

  2. 1. Chlamydia trachomatis as a risk factor for infertility in women and men, and ovarian tumor development

    Author : Annika Idahl; Ulrika Ottander; Jan I Olofsson; Eva Lundin; Fredrik Elgh; Jorma Paavonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; antibodies; borderline tumors; Chlamydia trachomatis; cHSP60; DNA; infertility; ovarian cancer; pregnancy rate; RNA; semen characteristics; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Obstetrik och gynekologi; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : Background: Chlamydia trachomatis in women is a risk factor for tubal factor infertility and extra uterine pregnancies, but the impact of a C. trachomatis infection on male fertility is unclear. It is also hypothesized that persistent infection with C. trachomatis, or other microorganisms, might initiate/promote ovarian tumor development. READ MORE

  4. 2. Fertility-sparing surgery in young women with ovarian cancer and borderline ovarian tumors

    Author : Gry Johansen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Based on the cell origin of the tumor, ovarian cancer (OC) is divided in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), including borderline ovarian tumors (BOT), and nonepithelial ovarian cancer (NEOC), which includes sex cord stromal tumors and malignant ovarian germ cell tumors. Each subgroup contains several histological subtypes of varying malignant potential and prognosis. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pelvic inflammatory disease and epithelial ovarian tumors

    Author : Sarah Jonsson; Annika Idahl; Eva Lundin; Håkan Jonsson; Christer Borgfeldt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer and borderline ovarian tumors consist of several histotypes in which high-grade serous carcinoma is the most common. The majority of epithelial ovarian tumors are considered to originate in the fimbriated end of the fallopian tubes. What initiates these tumors is far from completely understood. READ MORE

  6. 4. Clinical outcome and prognostic factors in borderline ovarian tumors and invasive ovarian carcinomas in western Sweden

    Author : Margaretha Åkeson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

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  7. 5. Novel biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer detection and assessing future cancer risk in women with borderline ovarian tumors

    Author : Arturas Dobilas; Lund Obstetrik och gynekologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ovarian cancer and Biomarkers;

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