Search for dissertations about: "Cancer and women"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 688 swedish dissertations containing the words Cancer and women.
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21. Health hazards and cancer in relation to occupational exposures among Swedish seafarers
Abstract : This thesis explores health hazards for seafarers in the Swedish merchant fleet, and occupational risks for lung cancer, mesothelioma and hematologic malignancy (HM). A special focus has been exposure to benzene and biomarker levels for work on product or chemical tankers during the mid-1990’ies. READ MORE
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22. Molecular Cytogenetics in Sporadic Breast Cancer
Abstract : In recent time breast cancer has become the most common form of female cancer in the western world. It has been estimated that the lifetime risk of women falling ill from the disease is 10%. The number of patients diagnosed each year has been increasing steadily since the 1970s. READ MORE
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23. Mechanisms for immune escape in epithelial ovarian cancer
Abstract : Tumors develop mechanisms to subvert the immune system, constituting immune escape. Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), the deadliest of all gynecological malignancies, uses a variety of mechanisms to undermine immune surveillance, aiding its establishment and metastatic spreading. READ MORE
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24. 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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25. Cholesterol metabolism in breast cancer: Prognostic factors and optimizing treatment
Abstract : AbstractBreast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women in Sweden and worldwide. Adjuvant endocrine therapies are effective, yet 20-30% patients experience disease relapse. Altered cholesterol metabolism is an emerging hallmark of breast cancer proliferation and endocrine therapy resistance. READ MORE