Search for dissertations about: "Anders Bergh"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words Anders Bergh.
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1. Hypoxia inducible factor-1α in renal cell carcinoma
Abstract : Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α in Renal Cell Carcinoma Departments of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology; Radiation Sciences, Oncology; Medical Biosciences, Pathology; and Medical Biosciences, Clinical Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 2-3% of all human cancers. A distinguished feature of RCC is vascularisation and among the three dominating RCC types conventional RCC (cRCC) generally is more vascularised than papillary RCC (pRCC) and chromophobe RCC (chRCC). READ MORE
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2. Metastatic spinal cord compression in prostate cancer : clinical and morphological studies
Abstract : Background: Bone metastases occur in most patients with advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer causing pain, pathologic fractures, and spinal cord compression. Few studies specifically address surgical treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) in prostate cancer. READ MORE
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3. Prognostic markers in prostate cancer : studies of a watchful waiting cohort with long follow up
Abstract : Background: Prostate Cancer (PC) is a common and highly variable disease. Using current diagnostic methods, the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test and histological grading of prostate tissue needle biopsies, it is often difficult to evaluate whether the patient has a PC that requires active treatment or not. READ MORE
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4. Derivatising Carbohydrates for Biological Applications
Abstract : Carbohydrates have a wide variety of functions in Nature. The somewhat old view of carbohydrates only functioning as building blocks or energy sources, has been overturned by the newer insight that carbohydrates are deeply involved in recognition processes, such as receptors for bacteria, viruses, antibodies and proteins. READ MORE
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5. Importance of microenvironment and antigen in the regulation of growth and survival of CLL cells
Abstract : Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells rapidly die when put in culture implying that microenvironmental signals delivered by accessory cells confer CLL cells with a growth advantage. Recent findings show that CLL cells are antigen experienced and antigen binding play a critical role in the pathogenesis of the disease. READ MORE