Search for dissertations about: "Urology renal cell carcinoma"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Urology renal cell carcinoma.
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1. Renal cell carcinoma : factors of importance for follow-up and survival
Abstract : Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is most lethal of the urological cancers, with more than 40% dying of the disease. About 30% of the patients have metastases at initial diagnosis and up to 40% undergoing nephrectomy for localized RCC develop metastasis. READ MORE
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2. Vascular endothelial growth factor in renal cell carcinoma
Abstract : Background. Angiogenesis is essential for tumour growth. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its isoforms were investigated in relation to the clinical course in a large number of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Methods. READ MORE
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3. Hypoxia inducible factor-1α in renal cell carcinoma
Abstract : Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α in Renal Cell Carcinoma Departments of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology; Radiation Sciences, Oncology; Medical Biosciences, Pathology; and Medical Biosciences, Clinical Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 2-3% of all human cancers. A distinguished feature of RCC is vascularisation and among the three dominating RCC types conventional RCC (cRCC) generally is more vascularised than papillary RCC (pRCC) and chromophobe RCC (chRCC). READ MORE
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4. Cell Cycle Regulation in Human Renal Cell Carcinoma
Abstract : ABSTRACTCell cycle regulation in human renal cell carcinomaYlva Hedberg, Departments of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, and Surgical andPerioperative Sciences, Urology Andrology, Umeå University, SwedenDeregulated growth control is a hallmark of neoplasia potentially caused by aberrant expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins. The importance of such aberrations in human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has not been fully clarified. READ MORE
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5. Metabolic factors and risk of prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer
Abstract : Background: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Sweden with around 10,000 new cases every year. Kidney and bladder cancer are less common with 1,000 and 2,000 new cases annually, respectively. READ MORE