Sökning: "Esophageal cancer"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 55 avhandlingar innehållade orden Esophageal cancer.

  1. 11. Quality of life after esophageal cancer surgery

    Författare :Pernilla Viklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Cancer; complications; esophageal neoplasm; gastric cardia; register; supportive care; surgery; quality of life.;

    Sammanfattning : The principal aim of this research was to find ways to improve the quality of life of esophageal cancer patients after surgical treatment and to reduce persisting symptoms that often occur after that procedure. Since esophageal cancer surgery is extensive and carries a poor long-term prognosis, it is relevant to assess quality of life and complications as outcome measures. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Aspects on the management of patients with esophageal cancer

    Författare :Henrik Bergquist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Brachytherapy; dysphagia; esophageal neoplasms; free jejunal graft; health economic evaluation; palliative care; prediction psychiatric morbidity; radiographic evaluation; stent; survival; quality of life; voice prosthesis;

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  4. 13. Predictive Factors in Esophageal Carcinoma

    Författare :Martin Dreilich; Michael Bergqvist; Anders Larsson; Daniel Brattström; Gunnar Wagenius; Claes Mercke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Oncology; Esophageal carcinoma; Survival; Prognosis; Angiogenesis; HER-2; Telomerase; FMCA; HPV; Onkologi;

    Sammanfattning : Esophageal carcinoma is a malignancy with a poor prognosis and is the sixth cause of cancer related death worldwide. In Sweden approximately 400 new cases are diagnosed every year. The aim of this present thesis was to investigate predictive factors for esophageal carcinoma patients. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Risk factors and prevention of esophageal cancer

    Författare :Hedvig Elisabet Löfdahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world, consisting of two major histological types: squamous cell carcinoma (dominant globally) and adenocarcinoma (rapidly increasing in incidence in the Western world during the last decades). Established risk factors for adenocarcinoma are gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, obesity and tobacco smoking, whereas squamous cell carcinoma is mainly associated with tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol intake. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Optimism and survivorship after esophageal cancer surgery

    Författare :Yangjun Liu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Dispositional optimism is a personality trait that represents generally favorable expectations about the future. The main aim of this thesis was to examine whether higher dispositional optimism was related to better subjectively reported outcomes and better objectively measured outcomes. LÄS MER