Search for dissertations about: "incidence of breast cancer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 110 swedish dissertations containing the words incidence of breast cancer.

2. 1. Prostate cancer : epidemiological studies of risk factors

   Author : Camilla Thellenberg Karlsson; Beatrice Malmer; Henrik Grönberg; Anders Bergh; Peter Iversen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Prostate cancer; epidemiology; SNP; BRCA2; male breast cancer; inflammation; BPH; P53; Oncology; Onkologi;

   Abstract : In spite of the fact that prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in both Sweden and many other countries in the developed world, little is known of risk factors and predisposing conditions. The only well recognized risk factors are age, race and familial aggregation. READ MORE

4. 2. Obesity, Adipocytes and Breast Cancer – Insights from Translational Studies

   Author : Malin Bergqvist; Bröstcancer - prevention & intervention; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast Cancer; Breast cancer risk; Breast cancer prognosis; Obesity; Adipocyte; Adipokines; CAP; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio;

   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

5. 3. Breast Cancer Prevention – lifestyle modifications or targeted interventions?

   Author : Öykü Boraka; LUCC: Lunds universitets cancercentrum; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; breast cancer; breast cancer prevention; physical activity; mammography; breast density;

   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

6. 4. Cardiovascular Side Effects of Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer

   Author : Greger Nilsson; Carl Blomqvist; Lars Holmberg; Anne Hansen Ree; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast Cancer; Radiotherapy; Cardiovascular; Stroke; Coronary artery stenosis; Coronary artery disease; Oncology; Onkologi;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis was to study cardiovascular side effects of radiotherapy (RT) in breast cancer (BC).In a study base of 25,171 women with BC diagnosed 1970-2000, we found a statistically significant 12% increase of stroke, compared to the stroke incidence in the background population. READ MORE

7. 5. Breast cancer in young women. Aspects of heredity and contralateral disease

   Author : Annelie Augustinsson; LUCC: Lunds universitets cancercentrum; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast cancer; Early-onset; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; BRCA1 and BRCA2; Contralateral breast cancer; Breast cancer; Early-onset; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; BRCA1 and BRCA2; Contralateral breast cancer;

   Abstract : Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Sweden, as well as worldwide. In Sweden, 8,288 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2019, out of whom approximately 1.5% were younger than 35 years of age. READ MORE