Search for dissertations about: "Genital cancer"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words Genital cancer.

  2. 16. Sexual dysfunction and other distressful symptoms in cervical cancer survivors

    Author : Karin Bergmark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Cervical cancer; sexual dysfunction; distressful symptoms; lymphoedema; radical hysterectomy; brachytherapy; sexual abuse; trade-off; epidemiology;

    Abstract : Background: The majority of cervical cancer survivors are young or middle-aged women who will live many years with their treatment-induced sequelae. The effects of preoperative brachytherapy are unclear and treatment traditions vary - in Sweden and internationally. READ MORE

  4. 17. 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. 18. Regulation of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Late L1 mRNA Splicing

    Author : Xiaoze Li; Avdelningen för medicinsk mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HPV-16; cervical cancer; RNA processing; alternative splicing; splicing enhancer; splicing silencer; viral persistance; SR proteins; hnRNP proteins;

    Abstract : Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause almost half of the human cancers that are attributable to viruses. HPV type 16 is the most carcinogenic type among the HPVs and is detected in 50% of all cervical cancers. HPV-16 infects epithelial cells and HPV-16 gene expression is tightly linked to the differentiation stage of the infected cells. READ MORE

  6. 19. Occurrence of human papillomaviruses (HPV) types in HPV related cancer and in the genital and oral tracts of young adults

    Author : Juan Du; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated to cancer of the uterine cervix, the third most common cancer among women, but also to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the sixth most common type of cancer in the world. HPV occurs in most cervical cancer (CC). READ MORE

  7. 20. Human papillomavirus infection in healthy youth and in hypopharyngeal cancer

    Author : Nathalie Hou Grün; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to follow the prevalence of human papillomavirus in the oral cavity and in the cervix in youth during the period of 2008-2015, a period when HPV vaccination was gradually introduced to young girls in Sweden. In addition, we explored the prevalence of HPV in hypopharyngeal cancer during the period 2000-2012 on the basis that there has been an epidemic of HPV positive tonsillar and base of tongue cancer, which arise in locations with close physiological proximity to the hypopharynx. READ MORE