Search for dissertations about: "Ultrasound fine needle"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Ultrasound fine needle.
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1. On the Diagnostics of Neuroblastoma : Clinical and Experimental Studies
Abstract : Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the most common childhood cancers. Patients with low stage tumor have high survival rate, while those with advanced stage and/or unfavorable molecular biology have poor prognosis. READ MORE
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2. Minimally-invasive breast interventions : methods for high yield, low risk, precision biopsy and curative thermal ablation
Abstract : Advances in medical imaging and the introduction of population-based screening programs have increased the detection rate and overall proportion of small breast tumors. In addition, progress in technology and medical science, in combination with efforts to minimize morbidity, have resulted in the emergence of minimally invasive image-guided interventional procedures for both diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. READ MORE
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3. Prognostic factors in prostate cancer with special reference to the effect of hormonal therapy
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
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4. Molecular aspects of post-Chornobyl and sporadic papillary thyroid carcinoma
Abstract : Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) exhibits various molecular abnormalities, both when sporadic and radiation-related. PTC is still diagnosed in adult individuals who were younger than 18 years at the time of the Chornobyl accident in 1986 and lived within the contaminated area. READ MORE