Search for dissertations about: "cure rate"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 112 swedish dissertations containing the words cure rate.

  2. 1. Rectal carcinoma : an evaluation of the local recurrence rate, surgery for cure, staging and perioperative radiotherapy

    Author : Lars Påhlman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  4. 2. High dose rate brachytherapy boost for localized prostate cancer : clinical and patient-reported outcomes

    Author : Thomas Wahlgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Localized prostate cancer; radiotherapy; HDR brachytherapy; health related quality of life; questionnaires; side effects;

    Abstract : Curative treatment of prostate cancer is controversial. The therapeutic effects of surgery and radiotherapy (RT) have hitherto proved to be similar, why other endpoints such as health related quality of life (HRQoL) stay important in decision-making. READ MORE

  5. 3. Resin composites : Sandwich restorations and curing techniques

    Author : Anders Lindberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; Adaption; Clinical; Degree of conversion; Depth of cure; Flowable; Resin composite; Restorations; SEM; Medicin;

    Abstract : Since the mid-1990s resin composite has been used for Class II restorations in stress-bearing areas as an alternative to amalgam. Reasons for this were the patients’ fear of mercury in dental amalgam and a growing demand for aesthetic restorations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Tuberculosis and HIV interaction in Ethiopian children : aspects on epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical management

    Author : Ingela Berggren Palme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Tuberculosis; HIV; Ethiopia; Child; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Drug resistance; Molecular epidemiology; BCG; Nutrition; Treatment; Cure rate;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of HIV on childhood tuberculosis (TB) in a high TB and HIV endemic setting. It is based on four studies involving the same study population of 522 tuberculous children and their 25 3 non-tuberculous controls, consecutively enrolled as out- and inpatients at the major paediatric hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nephrotic syndrome in children : functional, morphological and therapeutical aspects

    Author : Eva Löwenborg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Children; glomerular volume; glomerular filtration rate; effective renal plasma flow; rats; nephrotic syndrome; cyclosporine; nephrotoxicity;

    Abstract : Although cure rates of the idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children have improved because of advances in immunosuppressive therapy, the pathogenesis and course of the disease remain controversial. We have followed children with nephrotic syndrome to study renal function and morphological changes in kidney biopsies and in an experimental study. READ MORE