Search for dissertations about: "esophageal cancer"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words esophageal cancer.
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11. Quality of life after esophageal cancer surgery
Abstract : The principal aim of this research was to find ways to improve the quality of life of esophageal cancer patients after surgical treatment and to reduce persisting symptoms that often occur after that procedure. Since esophageal cancer surgery is extensive and carries a poor long-term prognosis, it is relevant to assess quality of life and complications as outcome measures. READ MORE
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12. Aspects on the management of patients with esophageal cancer
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13. Predictive Factors in Esophageal Carcinoma
Abstract : Esophageal carcinoma is a malignancy with a poor prognosis and is the sixth cause of cancer related death worldwide. In Sweden approximately 400 new cases are diagnosed every year. The aim of this present thesis was to investigate predictive factors for esophageal carcinoma patients. READ MORE
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14. Risk factors and prevention of esophageal cancer
Abstract : Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world, consisting of two major histological types: squamous cell carcinoma (dominant globally) and adenocarcinoma (rapidly increasing in incidence in the Western world during the last decades). Established risk factors for adenocarcinoma are gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, obesity and tobacco smoking, whereas squamous cell carcinoma is mainly associated with tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol intake. READ MORE
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15. Optimism and survivorship after esophageal cancer surgery
Abstract : Dispositional optimism is a personality trait that represents generally favorable expectations about the future. The main aim of this thesis was to examine whether higher dispositional optimism was related to better subjectively reported outcomes and better objectively measured outcomes. READ MORE