Sökning: "Christer Borgfeldt"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Christer Borgfeldt.
1. Ovarian tumors. Prevalence, malignancy risk and significance of the Plasminogen activation system
Sammanfattning : The aims were to assess the prevalence of ovarian tumors in fertile asymptomatic women and to evaluate the risk of ovarian cancer in women with a history of benign ovarian tumors and endometriosis. In order to search for biomarkers in ovarian tumors, the plasminogen activating (PA) system was studied. LÄS MER
2. Self-sampling for HPV testing in primary cervical screening : Including clinical and health economic aspects
Sammanfattning : Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prerequisite for the development of cervical cancer. HPV testing has higher sensitivity for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) than cytology, resulting in more effective screening. LÄS MER
3. Fast track abdominal hysterectomy : On the mode of anesthesia, postoperative recovery and health economics
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Hysterectomy is the most common major gynecological operation in the Western World and approximately 5000 benign hysterectomies are performed in Sweden every year. Consequently it is a surgical procedure that affects many women. LÄS MER
4. Self-sampling by elderly women for the detection of HPV and cervical dysplasia
Sammanfattning : In Sweden, about 30% of the cervical cancer cases occur in women older than 60 and the mortality rate is as high as about 70% in this age group. There is a lack of knowledge concerning the prevalence of infection with oncogenic types of HPV, and cervical dysplasia in women of 60 years and older. LÄS MER
5. Pelvic inflammatory disease and epithelial ovarian tumors
Sammanfattning : Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer and borderline ovarian tumors consist of several histotypes in which high-grade serous carcinoma is the most common. The majority of epithelial ovarian tumors are considered to originate in the fimbriated end of the fallopian tubes. What initiates these tumors is far from completely understood. LÄS MER