Search for dissertations about: "Esophageal carcinoma"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words Esophageal carcinoma.

2. 6. Risk factors and prevention of esophageal cancer

   Author : Hedvig Elisabet Löfdahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world, consisting of two major histological types: squamous cell carcinoma (dominant globally) and adenocarcinoma (rapidly increasing in incidence in the Western world during the last decades). Established risk factors for adenocarcinoma are gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, obesity and tobacco smoking, whereas squamous cell carcinoma is mainly associated with tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol intake. READ MORE

4. 7. Aspects on the etiology of esophageal and gastric cancer

   Author : Mats Lindblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Esophageal; gastric; gastric cardia; cancer; cancer register; misclassification; epidemiology; incidence; etiology; estrogen; aspirin; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; body mass; tobacco; alcohol; adenocarcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma;

   Abstract : In a global perspective esophageal and gastric cancer present major health concerns, whereas these tumors are comparatively uncommon in most western countries. Striking and hitherto unexplained rising incidence trends of esophageal adenocarcinoma, and moderately increasing rates of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma have recently been reported from several western countries, however. READ MORE

5. 8. Esophageal stenting in the palliation of malignant strictures

   Author : Urs Wenger; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Stent; brachytherapy; neoplasm; esophagus; cardia; quality of life; dysphagia; symptoms; palliative treatment; health economy.;

   Abstract : Background: The prognosis among patients with esophageal or cardia cancer is worse than that in most cancer diseases. Moreover, more than half of the patients with carcinoma of the esophageal or gastric cardia diagnosed in Sweden present with an advanced disease where the only available treatment is palliation. READ MORE

6. 9. Epidemiological studies on gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal cancer

   Author : Ji Zhang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer and a lethal malignancy causing a considerably high number of deaths around the world. Despite intensive studies on risk factors associated with esophageal cancer, there is currently no promising method for prevention, early detection, or screening of esophageal cancer. READ MORE

7. 10. Aspects of gastroesophageal reflux and risk for esophageal cancer : an epidemiological approach

   Author : Weimin Ye; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Gastroesophageal reflux; anti-reflux surgery; esophagus; adenocarcinoma; squamous- cell carcinoma; H. pylori; gastric atrophy; DNA repair gene; polymorphism; cohort study; case-control study; relative risk;

   Abstract : Aims: The aims of this study were to confirm, in a prospective study, the link between gastroesophageal reflux. and risk of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction observed in retrospective studies, to investigate into the effects of anti-reflux surgery, and to shed light on some possible mechanisms behind the alleged carcinogenicity. READ MORE