Sökning: "Ovarian cancer"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 205 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ovarian cancer.
11. Centralized Ovarian Cancer Care - Complications, Costs and Survival
Sammanfattning : Background: Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at advanced stages, and its mortality is high. Surgical treatment of advanced ovarian cancer strives toward complex primary debulking surgery (PDS), aiming for complete cytoreduction (R0) and improved survival. LÄS MER
12. Intrinsic subtypes and prognostic implications in epithelial ovarian cancer
Sammanfattning : Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in women globally, with approximately 240,000 new cases annually. Although a rare disease, it is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy. Unspecific symptoms result in late diagnosis and a generally poor prognosis. LÄS MER
13. Towards improved management of Lynch syndrome; ovarian cancer profiles, risk perception, knowledge and family perspectives
Sammanfattning : Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer) is one of the most common hereditary cancer syndromes and predisposes to several cancer types, including cancer of the colorectum, endometrium and ovaries. Cancer develops at an early age and one third of the individuals are affected by a metachronous cancer. LÄS MER
14. Hereditary Ovarian Cancer mutation frequencies and genetic profiles
Sammanfattning : Ovarian cancer is a leading cause of gynecological cancer death and in Sweden nearly 700 cases are diagnosed annually. Ovarian cancer has one of the highest frequencies of hereditary cancer. LÄS MER
15. Balancing - Cancer from a primary care perspective. Diagnosis, posttraumatic stress, and end-of-life care
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores cancer from a primary care perspective covering three areas: diagnosis, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and end-of-life care. We analyzed patient records of every child diagnosed with a malignancy in a defined area. During 12 years 68 children were diagnosed (incidence 14/100,000). LÄS MER