Search for dissertations about: "Disease-Free Survival"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 97 swedish dissertations containing the words Disease-Free Survival.

  2. 11. Liver Resection for Colorectal Cancer Metastases. Prognostic Factors and Interventions Affecting Outcome

    Author : LIDEWIJ SPELT; Lund Kirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; artificial neural networks; chemotherapy; colorectal cancer; liver metastasis; liver resection; portal vein embolisation; prognostic factors; survival analysis;

    Abstract : Background: With a yearly incidence of 56 per 100,000 inhabitants, colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies in the Western world, representing the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Within three years after the diagnosis of CRC, 29% of patients will have developed liver metastases. READ MORE

  4. 12. Cancer after solid organ transplantation : incidence, risk factors, and survival

    Author : Henrik Benoni; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs) are at increased risk of cancer compared with the general population, mainly due to post-transplant immunosuppressive treatment. Furthermore, once diagnosed with cancer, OTRs might experience worse cancerspecific and overall survival than non-transplanted cancer patients. READ MORE

  5. 13. Flexible parametric models for cancer patient survival : loss in expectation of life and further developments

    Author : Hannah Bower; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Population-based cancer studies can contribute to a better understanding of cancer patient survival. The general aim of this thesis was to develop and apply statistical methods for population-based cancer studies to ensure understanding in this area. In any analysis setting, it is important that the statistical methods are appropriate. READ MORE

  6. 14. Unraveling the relationship between body mass index and cardiometabolic disease, dementia, and survival in old age

    Author : Jie Guo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Overweight and obesity, commonly defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2, affect more than half of older adults. However, the relationship between BMI and health outcomes in old age are unclear. This PhD project aims to describe the trajectories of BMI alongside other anthropometric measures in old age. READ MORE

  7. 15. Prognostic and predictive factors in Vietnamese breast cancer : a comparison with Swedish patients and effect on survival

    Author : Thang Vu Hong; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Breast cancer;

    Abstract : Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among women in Western and Asian countries. Previous studies showed that Asian and African-American patients more often had poor tumor prognostic factors than Caucasian patients. There are however only few reports on tumor prognostic factors and survival in Vietnamese breast cancer patients. READ MORE