Search for dissertations about: "bone tumours"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words bone tumours.

  2. 11. Neuroblastoma incidence, biology and outcome : with special emphasis on quantitative analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA in blood and bone marrow

    Author : Catarina Träger; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Neuroblastoma, the most common malignant disease of early childhood, accounts for 6% of childhood malignancies but is responsible for 9% of paediatric cancer related deaths. The tumour originates from cells in the neural crest and has a very heterogeneous clinical course. READ MORE

  4. 12. Disease-Specific Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients : Results from the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group (SPCG) Trial No. 5 and Regional Cancer Register Data

    Author : Rami Klaff; Folke Sjöberg; Eberhard Varenhorst; Gabriel Sandblom; Ove Andrén; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Androgen deprivation treatment; bone metastases; early failure; extent of disease; hormone-naïve; long-term disease-specific survival; low-risk; mortality; quality-of-life; predictors of survival; prostate cancer.;

    Abstract : IntroductionProstate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer among men in Sweden. The clinical course varies considerably, which makes it difficult to predict the prognosis in the individual case. In order to explore the early as well as the late course of the disease, large study groups and population-based cohorts are necessary. READ MORE

  5. 13. Adjuvant tamoxifen and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists in premenopausal breast cancer : on long-term benefits and side effects in a randomised study

    Author : Ásgerður Sverrisdóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Adjuvant endocrine therapy improves breast cancer survival, unconditional of other treatment. In premenopausal breast cancer, tamoxifen for 5 years is the standard treatment, with or without the addition of ovarian ablative therapy. READ MORE

  6. 14. Primary hyperparathyroidism : comorbidity and outcome after parathyroid adenomectomy

    Author : Sophie Norenstedt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is associated with increased mortality in certain malignant tumours. Breast cancer is the most common and a shared aetiology has been suggested. In a register-based nested case-control study, we compared breast cancer in patients with and without a previous operation for pHPT. READ MORE

  7. 15. Studies on polyomaviruses in humans : in relation to haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cancer

    Author : Géraldine Giraud; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The simultaneous discovery of two polyomaviruses in humans in 1971, BK and JC viruses (BKV and JCV), initiated the research on polyomaviruses in relation to human diseases. This has now been intensified with the consecutive discoveries, the last three years, of three new family members, KI, WU and Merkel cell polyomaviruses (KIPyV, WUPyV and MCPyV). READ MORE