Search for dissertations about: "cancer karolinska"

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2. 1. Early detection of colorectal cancer

   Author : Louise Olsson; Örebro universitet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Audit; colorectal cancer; diagnosis; faecal DNA; family history; population-based; survival; symptom duration.;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the early detection of colorectal cancer from several aspects. An audit of the diagnostic process was conducted in 227/235 (97%) patients with recentlydiagnosed colorectal cancer in the County of Västmanland, Sweden in 1998-99. READ MORE

4. 2. Studies on the occurrence and effects of human papillomavirus in tumors of the head and neck

   Author : David Lindquist; Tina Dalianis; Sonia Andersson; Karolinska Institutet Institutionen för onkologi-patologi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; onkologi; Oncology;

   Abstract : The presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) was first reported in 1985. Since then, this association has been studied intensively and today there is substantial evidence for HPV as a causative agent and positive prognostic factor for clinical outcome in tonsillar cancer, but the association to other HNSCC is still unclear. READ MORE

5. 3. The loss of a child to cancer : focusing on siblings

   Author : Alexandra Eilegård Wallin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Sweden; Sophiahemmet University College Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Childhood Cancer Research Unit Clinical Cancer Epidemiology The Departments of Oncology and Pathology and Women’s and Children’s Health; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the long-term psychological health consequences in bereaved families of children who have died from cancer, with a focus on the siblings. Further, we investigated if health-care and family related stressors might affect the long-term psychological health in bereaved siblings. READ MORE

6. 4. Complementary and alternative medicine in cancer : from utilization to a randomized controlled trial

   Author : Kathrin Wode; Per Fransson; Roger Henriksson; Lena Sharp; Johanna Hök Nordberg; Vinjar Magne Fønnebø; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; oncology; epidemiology; evidence-based medicine; neoplasms; pancreatic neoplasms; adult; integrative oncology; complementary therapies; treatment refusal; communication; physician-patient relations; mistletoe; palliative care; quality of life; cross-sectional studies; qualitative research; randomized controlled trial; Sweden; Europe; medicin; Medicine;

   Abstract : Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are non-conventional health care approaches used in parallel with or instead of conventional medicine. Little is known about Swedish patients’ patterns of complementary CAM use in the context of cancer. READ MORE

7. 5. Sequencing cancer

   Author : Una Kjällquist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Cancer forms highly heterogeneous tissues at several molecular levels, genomic, proteomic, transcriptomic and other epigenetic traits. The level of complexity is further augmented by the dynamic nature of tumor progression with cancer cell populations evolving in a clonal manner. READ MORE