Search for dissertations about: "IPSS score"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words IPSS score.

2. 1. Improving prognostication for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

   Author : Maria Creignou; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background and aims: MDS constitute a heterogenous group of myeloid malignancies mainly characterized by dysfunctional hematopoiesis. Although cytopenia, dysplastic features and evidence of clonality are essential criteria for the diagnosis of all MDS, the several subtypes of the disease have a highly variable prognosis. READ MORE

4. 2. Population-based studies in Myelodysplastic syndromes : Prognostic scores, socioeconomic status, and therapy-related disease

   Author : Daniel Moreno Berggren; Elisabeth Ejerblad; Sören Lehmann; Martin Jädersten; David Bowen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia; Prognostication; Comorbidity; Therapy-related disease; Real-world data; Population-based studies; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to expand the epidemiological knowledge of the haematological malignancy MDS and the related condition chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML). Using nationwide registers, the papers in this thesis address aspects of prognostication, comorbidity, socioeconomic status, and therapy-related disease, using a population-based approach. READ MORE

5. 3. Transurethral resection of the prostate : how to reduce morbidity

   Author : Tim Fagerström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the gold standard method for surgical treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy. Despite the more recent introduction of medical therapies for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), the high efficacy of TURP still makes it one of the most common surgical operations worldwide and approximately 6,000 such operations are performed every year in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. Therapeutic applications of acoustic and electromagnetic energy

   Author : Vilhelm Ekstrand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : This thesis focuses on techniques based on electromagnetic and acoustic energy for treatment of a variety of diseases, including development of new techniques as well as improvement and evaluation of existing techniques. The subjects treated are: Provocation of heat generated thrombi in pigs. READ MORE