Search for dissertations about: "Follicular thyroid tumour"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Follicular thyroid tumour.

  2. 1. Thyroid cancer : studies on etiology and prognosis

    Author : Arne Hallquist; Lennart Hardell; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Thyroid cancer; prognostic factors; etiology; occupation; medical ionizing radiation; reproductive; and family factors;

    Abstract : Thyroid cancer constitutes about 1% of all malignant tumours and the incidence is increasing in Sweden. It is rare in children before the age of 10. During puberty the female to male ratio increases to be two to three times more common in females. The ratio remains constant until menopause and thereafter declines. READ MORE

  4. 2. Incidence and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer in Sweden

    Author : Catharina Ihre Lundgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Differentiated thyroid cancer; papillary; follicular; nested case-control study; population-based; risk factors; prognosis; survival; TNM.;

    Abstract : Non-medullary differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a rare disorder but, nevertheless, among the most common cancers in individuals below 40 years of age. DTC consists of papillary (PTC) and follicular (FTC) thyroid cancer. The prognosis is excellent with an overall 10-year survival of 90 %. READ MORE

  5. 3. Endocrine tumour development : with special focus on chromosome arms 1p and 11q

    Author : Brita Nord; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Endocrine tumour; Follicular thyroid tumour; Malignant melanoma; Midgut carcinoid; Pheochromocytoma; Abdominal paraganglioma; Merkel cell carcinoma; MEN1; SDHD; RIZ;

    Abstract : The overall goal of this thesis has been to characterise the involvement of chromosome arms 1p and 11 q in the development of endocrine tumours. The MEN1 gene was analysed as a candidate tumour suppressor gene by screening for mutations in follicular thyroid tumours, malignant melanomas, pheochromocytomas, and abdominal paragangliomas. READ MORE