Search for dissertations about: "Growth hormone and chemotherapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Growth hormone and chemotherapy.

  2. 1. Childhood malignant disease and consequences for growth hormone secretion, intellectual function and cardiovascular risk

    Author : Katarina Link; Lund Medicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Growth hormone deficiency; Insulin sensitivity; Cranial radiotherapy; Neuropsychological performance; Endocrinology; secreting systems; diabetology; Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia; diabetologi; sekretion; Endokrinologi;

    Abstract : In childhood onset growth hormone deficiency (GHD) a reduction in cardiac left ventricular mass (LVMi) and impairment of cardiac systolic function, as well as in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been shown. In study I, we showed that a low dose of GH treatment for 10 months resulted in increased LVMi and kidney size. READ MORE

  4. 2. Malignant glioma : experimental studies with an estrogen-linked cytostatic

    Author : Eva von Schoultz; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; malignant glioma; meningioma; glioma cells; sex steroids; estramustine; nor-nitrogen mustard; estramustine- binding protein; DNA damage; cell membrane;

    Abstract : Malignant gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors in adults. Patients with these highly malignant tumors have an extremely poor prognosis. The situation with a highly proliferative tumor in a non-proliferating tissue should favor cytostatic treatment but so far the role of conventional chemotherapy has been adjunctive. READ MORE

  5. 3. A study of two major challenges in prostate cancer : effective chemo-prevention and overcoming resistance to hormonal and chemotherapy

    Author : Yuanjun Ma; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : For men, over the course of a lifetime the risk of developing prostate cancer is 1 in 9. Both the illness itself and treatment affect quality of life in multiple aspects, including urinary problems, pain, and sexual dysfunction. READ MORE

  6. 4. Late effects and health-related outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in childhood

    Author : Mari Wilhelmsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is an established treatment for many acquired or congenital disorders of the hematopoietic system. For some patients it may be the only curative option. READ MORE

  7. 5. Investigating the treatment of metastatic breast cancer : real-world evidence on treatment patterns, safety and efficacy

    Author : Luisa Edman Kessler; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Metastatic breast cancer is an incurable disease causing a spectrum of symptoms and leading to a continuous deterioration of performance status and quality of life. It is a heterogeneous disease, with survival being related to tumor biology and patient-related factors. READ MORE