Search for dissertations about: "cancer mortality"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 526 swedish dissertations containing the words cancer mortality.

  2. 16. Evaluation of the effectiveness of mammography screening in Northern Sweden

    Author : Pál Bordás; Per Lenner; Håkan Jonsson; Lennarth Nyström; Edward Azavedo; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mammography; screening; sensitivity; interval cancer; survival; mortality; Oncology; Onkologi; onkologi; Oncology;

    Abstract : Service screening with mammography was implemented in Northern Sweden between 1989 and 1998, covering 190,000 women aged 40-74 years constituting the target population in the area. The aim of this thesis was the evaluation of mammography screening in Northern Sweden with special focus on selected screening performance indicators and on the disease outcome. READ MORE

  4. 17. Role of mitochondria in early molecular diagnosis and prognosis of cancer

    Author : Yanni Li; Allmänmedicin och klinisk epidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; mtDNA copy number; mitochondrial-related nuclear genes; mtDNA mutations; diagnosis; prognosis; biomarker;

    Abstract : Background:Earlier clinical detection of cancer may improve survival as well as offer opportunities for less invasive treatment options. This thesis explores whether the mitochondria and its related genes in the nuclear genome can be used as novel methods for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancers. READ MORE

  5. 18. Impact of pregnancies on ovarian cancer : Risk, prognosis and tumor biology

    Author : Camilla Sköld; Ingrid Glimelius; Karin Stålberg; Anthoula Koliadi; Gunilla Enblad; Annika Idahl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Epithelial ovarian cancer; non-epithelial ovarian cancer; reproductive history; parity; risk factor; survival; progesterone receptor;

    Abstract : Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy. The etiology is complex and not fully understood, partly since ovarian cancer is not one distinct disease, but rather several histologically and clinically different subtypes. READ MORE

  6. 19. 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

  7. 20. Snus use and mortality : associations, potential mechanisms, and socioeconomic aspects

    Author : Marja Lisa Byhamre; Patrik Wennberg; Marie Eriksson; Jan-Håkan Jansson; Magnus Lundbäck; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; snus; Swedish snuff; smokeless tobacco; mortality; cardiovascular; cancer; risk factor; metabolic syndrome; C-reactive protein; vitamin D; testosterone; family medicine; allmänmedicin; befolkningsstudier; Population studies; epidemiologi; Epidemiology; invärtesmedicin; Internal Medicine; Medicine; medicin;

    Abstract : Snus is a smokeless tobacco product made of a moist powder of ground tobacco. It is used mainly in the Nordic countries, although increasingly popular internationally. The Swedish snus tradition dates back to the seventeenth century, and it is now used daily by about 23% of the male and 6% of the female population. READ MORE