Search for dissertations about: "Hormonal factors"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 145 swedish dissertations containing the words Hormonal factors.

2. 6. Prospective studies of hormonal and life-style related factors and risk of cancer

   Author : Sara Wirén; Pär Stattin; Håkan Jonsson; Tanja Stocks; Alicja Wolk; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; prostate cancer; epidemiology; androgens; risk factors; fatherhood status; dizygotic twins; height; cohort; case-control; prospective; Cancer Epidemiology; cancerepidemiologi;

   Abstract : Background: Androgens are important in prostate cancer development but how circulating levels of androgens affect risk of prostate cancer of different aggressiveness is not clear. Being childless has been associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer, but it is not clear if this association is causal or a result of residual confounding. READ MORE

4. 7. Prognostic factors in prostate cancer with special reference to the effect of hormonal therapy

   Author : Göran Ahlgren; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Urology; neuroendocrine differentiation; tumour cell proliferation; DNA-ploidy; prostate cancer; prognostic factors; nephrology; Urologi; nefrologi;

   Abstract : We have used image cell analysis to analyse nuclear DNA content on fine needle aspiration biopsies from 96 patients diagnosed to have prostate cancer 1980-81. By stratifying diploid and tetraploid tumours according to a cytometric proliferation index (PI), we suggest a new DNA-classification that is prognostic of death from prostate cancer in multivariate analysis including conventional prognostic factors. READ MORE

5. 8. Some hormonal factors in the etiology of endometrial cancer

   Author : Elisabete Weiderpass; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Endometrial neoplasms; hormone replacement therapy; estrogens; progestins; contraceptive agents; organochlorines; pesticides; polychlorinated biphenyls; estrogen receptor alfa polymorphisms;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this dissertation was to study the impact of some hormone-related factors in the etiology of endometrial neoplasms, i.e. hormone replacement therapy, use of oral contraceptives, serum levels of 20 different organochlorine substances, and polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha (ER) gene. READ MORE

6. 9. Hormonal Regulation of Vaginal Mucosa

   Author : Theodora Kunovac Kallak; Anneli Staverus-Evers; Inger Sundström Poromaa; Philippa Saunders; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; aromatase inhibitors; vaginal atrophy; estrogen; proliferation; steroid hormone receptors; cell differentiation; cell adhesion; aquaporin 3;

   Abstract : Vaginal atrophy symptoms such as dryness, irritation, and itching, are common after menopause. Vaginal estrogen therapy is the most effective treatment but not appropriate for all women. READ MORE

7. 10. Prognostic factors in breast cancer with special reference to hormonal influences : studies on a population-based cohort

   Author : Torgny Nordén; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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