Search for dissertations about: "pet scan in cancers"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words pet scan in cancers.

  2. 1. On the genetics of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer. BRCA1, BRCA2 and beyond

    Author : Annika Bergman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; BRCA1; BRCA2; breast cancer; hereditary cancer; founder mutation; mutation analysis; linkage analysis; genome scan; BRCAX;

    Abstract : Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Most of the breast cancers are sporadic with no apparent inheritance factor but about 5-10% is believed to be caused by an inherited predisposition. Aims: This thesis aimed at defining the BRCA1/2 mutation spectrum of the west Swedish population and specifically to characterize the BRCA1c. READ MORE

  4. 2. Radiomics in cancer prognosis : applications and limitations of quantitative texture analysis

    Author : Yi-Hua Zhang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Medical imaging has become an integral part of clinical diagnostics since the discovery of X- rays at the end of the 19th century. Recent advances in computing power have opened up the possibility to extract quantitative data from medical images beyond what is visible to the human eye, so-called radiomics. READ MORE