Search for dissertations about: "Kjell Bergfeldt"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Kjell Bergfeldt.

2. 1. Malignancies associated with gynecological cancer : epidemiological and etiological aspects

   Author : Kjell Bergfeldt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Neoplasms; second primary; ovarian cancer; breast cancer.;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to analyze the incidence and risk of second primary malignancies (SPM) in a Swedish cohort of gynecological cancer patients, to explore suggested risk factors associated with second primary malignancies in ovarian cancer patients, and to evaluate the risk of ovarian cancer in a cohort of breast cancer patients in relation to family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Incidence of second primary malignancies in 15,200 gynecologicaI cancer patients were investigated in a register-based study and compared to age- and calendar-specific incidence for women in the general population. READ MORE