Sökning: "Gastro-oesophageal surgery"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden Gastro-oesophageal surgery.

  1. 6. Oesophageal cancer : on surgery and aetiology

    Författare :Martin Rutegård; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Oesophagus; neoplasm; health-related quality of life; surgery volume; population-based; adenocarcinoma; sex ratio; risk factors;

    Sammanfattning : Oesophageal cancer is a common type of cancer with a dire prognosis. It is globally the eight most frequent malignancy and the sixth leading cause of death from cancer. The doctoral research described in this thesis has addressed the surgical treatment of oesophageal cancer from a morbidity perspective. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Clinical and oncopreventive outcomes of antireflux surgery

    Författare :John Maret-Ouda; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), with heartburn and acid regurgitation as main symptoms, is a common disease with increasing prevalence. GORD is associated with oesophageal adenocarcinoma, a cancer with demanding treatment and yet poor prognosis. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Health related quality of life and swallowing problems in oesophageal cancer

    Författare :Berit Sunde; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Oesophageal cancer;

    Sammanfattning : Poor overall survival, swallowing problems and severe side-effects from multi-modality treatment characterize the situation of patients with oesophageal and gastro oesophageal junction carcinoma (GOJ). With the poor prognosis and abundance of symptoms in this disease it is particularly important to consider health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as an important outcome in clinical decision-making. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Utility of hybrid SPECT/CT in sentinel lymph node mapping, and [18]F FDG-PET/CT for treatment response evaluation in cancer patients

    Författare :Stefan Gabrielson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) method is currently well established in the staging of clinically node-negative breast cancer. However, there is some debate concerning the reliability of this method following previous breast surgery. LÄS MER

  7. 10. The male predominance in oesophageal adenocarcinoma and the role of sex hormones

    Författare :Sirus Rabbani; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Oesophageal adenocarcinoma is a subtype of oesophageal cancer with rapidly rising incidence over the last decades. This rise in incidence is strongest in western countries and more among men than in women, with a male predominance of up to 9:1 in some countries. LÄS MER