Search for dissertations about: "sentinel node"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words sentinel node.

  2. 11. Development of individualized surgical treatments for malignant melanoma

    Author : Valerio Belgrano; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Melanoma; sentinel node; isolated limb perfusion; immune-humanized xenograft mouse models; translational research;

    Abstract : Background: Cutaneous melanoma is a malignancy with an increasing incidence worldwide, especially in northern Europe. The aim of this thesis is to scrutinize the results achieved by traditional surgery and the opportunities offered by translational research for the more advanced stages of the disease. READ MORE

  4. 12. Penile cancer : studies on prognostic factors

    Author : Peter Kirrander; Ove Andrén; Torgny Windahl; Swen-Olof Andersson; Nick Watkin; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human papillomavirus; Incidence; Penile cancer; Prognostic factors; Recurrences; Sentinel node; Survival; Medicin; Medicine; Surgery; Kirurgi;

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  5. 13. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) as a multimodality imaging probe for sentinel nodes : Design and Preclinical Evaluation

    Author : Renata Madru; Lund Medicinsk strålningsfysik; []
    Keywords : iron oxide; nanoparticles; SPIONs; PET-MRI; SPECT-MRI; SPECT-MRI- optical imaging; sentinel lymph node; SNL;

    Abstract : Breast cancer and malignant melanoma disseminate through the lymphatic system and the first metastases arise in one or two regional, sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) draining the primary tumour site. Therefore, identification and characterization of the SLNs is of major importance for cancer staging and for choice of therapy in patients. READ MORE

  6. 14. Robot-assisted laparoscopy and sentinel node biopsy in high risk endometrial cancer

    Author : Sahar Salehi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Surgery is standard treatment for early stage endometrial cancer (EC), the most common gynaecological malignancy in developed countries. Traditionally, surgery has been performed by laparotomy (LT). READ MORE

  7. 15. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer : aspects on indications and limitations

    Author : Linda Holmstrand Zetterlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Axillary lymph node status is the most important prognostic factor in breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was introduced in the late 1990s and has replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as the gold standard axillary nodal staging procedure in early breast cancer due to higher accuracy and less morbidity compared with ALND. READ MORE