Sökning: "Cancer quality register"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 82 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cancer quality register.

1. 21. Reproductive factors with respect to breast cancer risk and breast cancer survival

   Författare :Mohammadhossein Hajiebrahimi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Breast cancer;

   Sammanfattning : Aims: The primary aim of this thesis was to examine the potential relationship between indirect markers of exposure to hormones during pregnancy and the risk of and survival from breast cancer, with special emphasis on young patients. Our specific objectives were as follows: to determine whether the association between placental weight and offspring size, on the one hand, and maternal mortality from breast cancer, on the other, are influenced by tumor characteristics; to examine the association between birth weight and risk of breast cancer in the female member of opposite-sexed twins; and to investigate whether familial factors influence previously reported association between reproductive factors and risk of breast cancer. LÄS MER

3. 22. Warfarin treatment quality in stroke prevention

   Författare :Fredrik Björck; Anders Själander; Peter Svensson; Per Wester; Christine Kremer; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; complications; international normalized ratio INR variability; persistence; stroke; time in therapeutic range TTR ; treatment quality; warfarin; cardiovascular disease; hjärt- och kärlforskning;

   Sammanfattning : BackgroundIschemic stroke is a serious condition often associated to presence of atrial fibrillation (AF). Use of anticoagulants for AF patients greatly reduces the risk of stroke. Warfarin is the most commonly used anticoagulant in Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to study the impact of warfarin treatment quality in Swedish stroke prevention. LÄS MER

4. 23. Symptoms, problems and care needs among patients newly diagnosed with oesophageal and gastric cancer. Implications for early palliative care

   Författare :Karin Dalhammar; Palliativt Utvecklingscentrum; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Palliative care; Oesophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Symptoms; Problems; Care needs; Newly diagnosed; Treatment strategy;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Patients with oesophageal and gastric cancer face a poor prognosis and multiple symptoms and problems that negatively affect their quality of life. In view of the prognosis and extensive illness burden, an early palliative care approach is of importance. LÄS MER

5. 24. Living and Dying with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Studies on Aetiology, Treatment, Lymphoma, Survival and Predictors

   Författare :Elke Theander; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Skeleton; transplantation; muskelsystem; Skelett; rheumatology locomotion; long-term outcome; Sjögren s Syndrome; Helicobacter pylori infection; prospective cohort studies; SMR; SIR for lymphoproliferative disease; fatigue; health-related quality of life; complement function; oncology; Cytologi; Immunology; cancer; serologi; Immunologi; serology; cancerology; onkologi; reumatologi; muscle system; CD4 T-lymphocytopenia; Cytology;

   Sammanfattning : This work was aimed at improving our understanding of the course of primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). The Malmö SS patient register and the 2002 American-European Consensus Criteria formed the basis of all studies. Helicobacter pylori (H. LÄS MER

7. 25. Health-Related Quality of Life and Return to Work following Breast Cancer

   Författare :Marie Høyer Lundh; Claudia Lampic; Birgitta Johansson; Karin Nordin; Christoffer Johansen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :breast neoplasms; quality of life; return to work; sick leave; cohort study; population-based; Oncology; Onkologi;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and return to work in the first 3 years following a breast cancer diagnosis, and to identify clinical and contextual factors associated with these outcomes.Method: The four studies were part of a population-based cohort study including women identified in the Breast Cancer Quality Register in central Sweden. LÄS MER