Search for dissertations about: "continuous combined hormone therapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words continuous combined hormone therapy.

2. 1. Hormone replacement therapy : benefits and adverse effects

   Author : Inga-Stina Ödmark; Mats Hammar; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hormone replacement therapy HRT ; bleeding pattern; progestogen; wellbeing; side effects; lipoprotein a ; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Obstetrik och gynekologi; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Abstract : Background: Numerous studies have shown that estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is an effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms, insomnia and vaginal dryness. Beneficial effects have also been shown on lipid patterns and on the incidence of osteoporotic fractures. READ MORE

4. 2. Mammographic breast density and postmenopausal hormone therapy

   Author : Eva Lundström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Mammographic breast density; mammography; menopause; hormone therapy; tibolone; low dose intrauterine progestogen; Syndecan-1.;

   Abstract : Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy among women in the western world. More than one million women are estimated to be diagnosed with the disease every year. The breast is a target organ for sex steroids and hormonal treatments have been found to increase the risk for breast cancer. READ MORE

5. 3. Hormone therapy and the breast : aspects on proliferation, apoptosis and mammographic density

   Author : Peter Conner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Breast cell proliferation; fine needle aspiration cytology; menopause; hormone replacement therapy; tibolone; mammographic breast density; continuous combined hormone therapy; p53; apoptosis; cynomolgus macaques.;

   Abstract : Breast cancer is the major malignancy among women in the western world. The breast is clearly a target organ for sex steroid hormones and hormonal treatments have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Still, basic knowledge as to how sex steroids influence the normal breast is remarkably poor. READ MORE

6. 4. An epidemiologic study of epithelial ovarian malignancies : with a focus on hormone-related factors

   Author : Tomas Riman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Epithelial ovarian cancer; borderline ovarian tumors; epidemiology; risk factors; reproductive history; oral contraceptives; hormone replacement therapy; estrogens; progestins; case-control studies.;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis was to examine estrogen and progestin effects of hormone replacement therapy, in relation to the risk for epithelial ovarian neoplasias. Other intentions were to assess reproductive factors, oral contraceptive use, previous gynecologic surgeries, and family history of ovarian cancer according to the risk of ovarian neoplasias, and to connect these findings to different hypotheses regarding ovarian carcinogenesis. READ MORE

7. 5. Some hormonal factors in the etiology of endometrial cancer

   Author : Elisabete Weiderpass; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Endometrial neoplasms; hormone replacement therapy; estrogens; progestins; contraceptive agents; organochlorines; pesticides; polychlorinated biphenyls; estrogen receptor alfa polymorphisms;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this dissertation was to study the impact of some hormone-related factors in the etiology of endometrial neoplasms, i.e. hormone replacement therapy, use of oral contraceptives, serum levels of 20 different organochlorine substances, and polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha (ER) gene. READ MORE