Search for dissertations about: "Childhood brain tumours"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Childhood brain tumours.

2. 1. Glioneuronal tumours in childhood : Clinical picture, long-term outcome and possible new treatments

   Author : Christoffer Ehrstedt; Gunnar Ahlsten; Bo Strömberg; Ann-Margret Rydell; Anja Smits; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Glioneuronal tumour; ganglioglioma; dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour; childhood; cognition; psychosocial; HRQoL; outcome; mTOR pathway; somatostatin receptor; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Background: Glioneuronal tumours are a subgroup of low-grade tumours of the central nervous system (CNS), often causing epilepsy. Overall survival is excellent, but data regarding long-term seizure outcome and late effects are scarce. READ MORE

4. 2. Childhood brain tumours : health and function in adult survivors and parental fears

   Author : Malin Anclair; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Childhood brain tumours; adult survivors; health-related late effects; parental fears;

   Abstract : The general aim of the present research was to investigate health and functional ability of patients treated for childhood brain tumour and systematically examine parental fears after a child s brain tumour. The aims were realised through two part-studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Medical, cognitive and motor outcome after treatment of pilocytic astrocytoma in the posterior fossa in childhood

   Author : Ingela Kristiansen; Per Frisk; B Strömberg; Klas Blomgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Childhood; CNS tumour; pilocytic astrocytoma; posterior fossa; long-term outcome; cognition; language; motor performance; learning difficulties; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Introduction: Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common brain tumour in childhood. The aim of the studies was to investigate late medical, cognitive and motor complications in patients treated in childhood for pilocytic astrocytoma in the posterior fossa. READ MORE

6. 4. Epidemiological studies including new methods for cluster analysis of acute childhood leukaemia and brain tumours in Sweden

   Author : Ulf Hjalmars; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Epidemiology; childhood; leukaemia; brain tumours; geographical information systerns; cluster analysis; Scan statistic; Knox test; environmental factors;

   Abstract : Background: The aetiology in childhood cancer is essentially unknown. Epidemiological investigations as to whether the incidence rates have changed for paediatric cancers or whether clustering of cases occur may give clues to possible causal factors. READ MORE

7. 5. Sad, shattered or slow? Fatigue after childhood cancer

   Author : Elin Irestorm; Lund Pediatrik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Systematic assessments of cognition, fatigue, and mental health in survivors ofchildhood cancer can serve two different purposes. One is to enable research about development over time and medical predictors of cognitive deficits. The other is to identify individual patients in need of rehabilitation or interventions. READ MORE