Search for dissertations about: "thesis for gastric carcinoma"

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  2. 1. Helicobacter pylori and its Association with Gastric and Oesophageal Carcinomas

    Author : Henrik Simán; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gastroenterologi; Gastro-enterology; Western blot; CagA; Helicobacter pylori; Gastric adenocarcinoma; Oesophageal carcinoma;

    Abstract : Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common infections in man. The infection is often acquired during childhood and usually results in a chronic life-long inflammation in the gastric mucosa. The aim of our studies was to investigate the association between H. pylori seropositivity and the development of gastric and oesophageal carcinomas. READ MORE

  4. 2. Pancreatic carcinoma in Malmö, Sweden: Clinical, epidemiological and biochemical aspects

    Author : Mats Hedberg; Kirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Kirurgi; Pancreatic carcinoma; survival rate; epidemiology; incidence rate; risk factors; smoking; weight gain; gastric resection; cholecystokinin; Surgery; pancreatic enzymes; traumatology; traumatologi; ortopedi; orthopaedics;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis has been to assess whether there are indications suggesting that new methods for diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma (PCa) has been followed by an improved prognosis, and to assess the possible role of smoking and gastric resection in the causation of the disease. Of the 1,200 new cases PCa diagnosed in Sweden yearly, the majority are older than 70 years, the case fatality rate being close to 100%. READ MORE

  5. 3. Risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Author : Dariush Nasrollahzadeh Nesheli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : esophageal cancer;

    Abstract : Aims: The etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the high risk areas is largely unknown and a few environmental risk factors which have been identified do not explain its oddly high incidence in esophageal cancer belt. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the association of opium/tobacco consumption, serologic gastric atrophy, gastric mucosa-associated microbiota and contact with farm animals with the risk of ESCC. READ MORE

  6. 4. Carbonate Ions and Gastric Cancer

    Author : Roy Ehrnström; Malmö Patologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; ODC; COX-2; inflammation; Wistar rats; duodenogastric reflux; Medicin människa och djur ; proliferation; gastrojejunostomy; carbonate ions; Experimental gastric cancer;

    Abstract : Nearly one million new cases of gastric cancer are diagnosed annually throughout the world. Even though the incidence has fallen dramatically in recent decades, this disease is still the second leading cause of cancer death in a global perspective. READ MORE

  7. 5. Aspects on the etiology of esophageal and gastric cancer

    Author : Mats Lindblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Esophageal; gastric; gastric cardia; cancer; cancer register; misclassification; epidemiology; incidence; etiology; estrogen; aspirin; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; body mass; tobacco; alcohol; adenocarcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma;

    Abstract : In a global perspective esophageal and gastric cancer present major health concerns, whereas these tumors are comparatively uncommon in most western countries. Striking and hitherto unexplained rising incidence trends of esophageal adenocarcinoma, and moderately increasing rates of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma have recently been reported from several western countries, however. READ MORE