Search for dissertations about: "active surveillance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the words active surveillance.
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1. On Cooperative Surveillance, Online Trajectory Planning and Observer Based Control
Abstract : The main body of this thesis consists of six appended papers. In the first two, different cooperative surveillance problems are considered. The second two consider different aspects of the trajectory planning problem, while the last two deal with observer design for mobile robotic and Euler-Lagrange systems respectively. READ MORE
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2. Surveillance and follow-up of early prostate cancer
Abstract : Active surveillance (AS) for prostate cancer was introduced to address overtreatment resulting from prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Despite advancements such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and targeted biopsies, PSA remains crucial in prostate cancer diagnostics, leading to ongoing challenges of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. READ MORE
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3. Quality of life aspects of being diagnosed and living with prostate cancer
Abstract : Prostate cancer is largely a heterogenous disease, ranging from almost harmless to highly aggressive. Most men are diagnosed with favorable-risk disease with a long life expectancy even without treatment. The risk of overdiagnosing and overtreating these men is substantial, with reduced quality of life as a result. READ MORE
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4. Prostate Cancer Screening - Aspects of Overdiagnosis
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore aspects of overdiagnosis, i.e. the diagnosis of a tumor that in the absence of screening would never have been diagnosed, in prostate cancer (PC) screening. READ MORE
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5. How to model temporal changes in epidemiological data : Treatment trajectories in men with prostate cancer
Abstract : Owing to the improvements in detection, diagnostics, and treatment, many men currently diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) have a low risk of PCa death. For many men PCa has become a chronic disease with a small risk of progression that remains even decades after date of diag-nosis. READ MORE