Search for dissertations about: "survival"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 3735 swedish dissertations containing the word survival.

  2. 21. Mortality and survival from childhood to old age in rural Ethiopia

    Author : Mesganaw Fantahun; Ulf Högberg; Stig Wall; Peter Byass; Yemane Berhane; Thorkild Tylleskär; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mortality; survival; children; adults; elderly; cause of death; determinants; Ethiopia; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

    Abstract : This thesis examines ways of establishing cause of death, assessing trends in mortality, and identifying factors that affect mortality and survival among the different population groups in rural and semi-urban Ethiopia. These data are important for health care planning; however, such vital data are unavailable in many developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 22. Clinical and Biological Factors Related to Survival in Patients with Rectal Cancer

    Author : Angeliki Kotti; Xiao-Feng Sun; Annica Holmqvist; Marie-Louise Lydrup; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Age; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Skeletal muscle; SPARCL1; Statins; Survival; Visceral adipose tissue;

    Abstract : Rectal cancer is a common malignancy within the gastrointestinal tract. Despite the advances in diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer patients during the last decades, there are still many patients who die from their disease. READ MORE

  5. 23. Loco-regional Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Survival, Morbidity and Quality of Life

    Author : Johan Hansson; Haile Mahteme; Wilhelm Graf; Peter Nygren; Peter Naredi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Peritoneal carcinomatosis; Cytoreductive surgery; Intraperitoneal chemotherapy; Survival; SPECT; Morbidity; Mortality; Quality of life; Surgery; Kirurgi; Oncology; onkologi;

    Abstract : Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is traditionally regarded as a terminal stage of disease with a poor prognosis and systemic chemotherapy is regarded as palliative treatment. In order to improve survival and even to achieve cure for selected patients with PC, cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal che-motherapy have been advocated. READ MORE

  6. 24. Regulation of growth, differentiation and survival of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells

    Author : Ola Söderberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pathology; B-CLL; B cells; IL-2; IL-4; IL-10; IL-15; CD40-stimulation; SAC; Thioredoxin; proliferation; differentiation; survival; in vitro; EBV; Patologi; Pathology; Patologi; Pathology; patologi;

    Abstract : Chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B cell type (B-CLL) is the most commonform of leukemia in the Western countries. The signals regulating theexpansion of the B-CLL clone in vivo is yet far from being fully understood. READ MORE

  7. 25. Off pump bypass surgery. Inflammatory activation, patency completeness of revascularization and survival

    Author : Mats Johansson-Synnergren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Inflammatory activation; patency; completeness of revascularization; survival;

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