Search for dissertations about: "urinary bladder neoplasms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words urinary bladder neoplasms.

2. 1. Effect of genetic polymorphisms on urinary bladder neoplasms

   Author : Somali Sanyal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : urinary bladder neoplasms; polymorphisms; metabolism; DNA repair; cell-cycle regulation;

   Abstract : Urinary bladder neoplasms (UBNs) are among the most common malignancies in the world and are mainly attributed to exogenous risk factors such as, smoking, exposure to industrial aromatic amines and certain medicinal drugs which cause DNA damage. The entire process leading to DNA damage and subsequent repair of the damage involves a plethora of enzymes including those involved in metabolic and DNA repair processes. READ MORE

4. 2. Molecular changes in the tumour suppressor genes p53 and CDKN2A/ARF in human urinary bladder cancer

   Author : Petra Berggren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Urinary bladder neoplasm is the ninth most common cancer in Europe and the United States. The incidence in Sweden is approximately 32 for men and 9 for women per 105 subjects and year and almost all cases are transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). READ MORE

5. 3. Magnetic resonance imaging of rectal tumours

   Author : Lennart Blomqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Rectum; Neoplasms; Magnetic Resonance Imaging;

   Abstract : Cross sectional imaging techniques introduced during the last two decades have been increasingly used in the evaluation of patients with pelvic tumours. The extent of tumour - the tumour stage - at the time of diagnosis constitutes a guideline for both the immediate treatment and the follow-up of the patient. READ MORE

6. 4. Familial risks for cancer with reference to lung cancer

   Author : Xinjun Li; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Familial cancer; population-based; hereditary factors; familial risk; lung neoplasms.;

   Abstract : Familial aggregation of cancer may be due either to environmental factors shared by family members, or to shared genes. Familial clustering has been an avenue to the understanding of the etiology of cancer and has been a basis for clinical decisions and counseling, as well as guiding the identification of cancer-related genes. READ MORE

7. 5. The loss of a husband to cancer : additional and avoidable psychological traumata

   Author : Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Widowhood; neoplasms; risk factors; communication; prognosis; adaptation; psychological; anxiety; depression; epidemiology.;

   Abstract : Background: The loss of a loved partner is a stressful event and the long-term outcome of such a trauma may partly be determined by characteristics of the death. When death is the result of a chronic illness such as cancer, the future widow may have an opportunity to prepare for the forthcoming death but may also be exposed to the additional burden of her husband's suffering. READ MORE