Search for dissertations about: "breast cancer research"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 235 swedish dissertations containing the words breast cancer research.
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1. Obesity, Adipocytes and Breast Cancer – Insights from Translational Studies
Abstract : Background: Being overweight is becoming the new normal, and more than half of the adult Swedish population is overweight which poses a risk to public health. Overweight and obese women have both an increased risk and a worse prognosis for breast cancer, compared with women of normal weight. READ MORE
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2. Wnt-5a signaling in breast cancer metastasis
Abstract : Breast cancer is the most common form of malignancy affecting women in the Western world. Today, anticancer treatment can control primary breast tumors, but treatment and prevention of metastatic disease still represents a major challenge in the management of breast cancer patients. READ MORE
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3. Breast Cancer Prevention – lifestyle modifications or targeted interventions?
Abstract : Breast cancer is now the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the world. Breast cancer prevention has gained increasing attention due to increasing breast cancer incidence rates in the West and can be actualized through lifestyle modifications or targeted interventions. READ MORE
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4. RNA Sequencing for Molecular Diagnostics in Breast Cancer
Abstract : Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and, in Sweden, is the most deadly second only to lung cancer. While treatment and diagnostic options have improved in the past decades and short- to mid-term survival is good, long-term survival is much poorer. READ MORE
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5. Nuclease Activity as a Biomarker in Cancer Detection
Abstract : Nucleases are a group of enzymes that cleave the phosphodiester bonds in nucleic acids. As such, nucleases act as biological scissors that exhibit a plethora of fundamental roles, in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, dependent or non-dependent on their catalytic capability. READ MORE