Sökning: "Preoperative staging"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 32 avhandlingar innehållade orden Preoperative staging.
1. Colorectal cancer : Aspects of staging, treatment, recurrence and survival
Sammanfattning : Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy in the world, and major breakthroughs have been made regarding both surgical and oncological treatment. Still, postoperative complications, such as perineal infections after abdominoperineal resection (APR), are a major cause of morbidity, and distant recurrence rate is nearly 20%. LÄS MER
2. INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER - Aspects on staging and prognosis
Sammanfattning : Background: The difficulty of determining the prognosis for the individual patient with invasive bladder cancer is a major clinical problem. Currently, decisions regarding therapy are mainly based on tumour stage and grade, the first of which is notoriously demanding to ascertain. LÄS MER
3. Preoperative staging and radiotherapy in rectal cancer surgery
Sammanfattning : Background: Rectal cancer affects approximately 2 000 people in Sweden every year. The overall survival rate is approximately 50% after five years. During the last decades the survival has increased and the local recurrence rate has declined. This can be attributed to improved surgical techniques and introduction of preoperative radiotherapy. LÄS MER
4. Double-contrast MRI for the staging of rectal carcinoma: Technical aspects and clinical experience
Sammanfattning : Aim of the study Today´s methods for the staging of rectal carcinoma: ultrasonography with transrectal probe, CT, MRI or MRI with a rectal coil, all have limitations. The aim was therefore to develop a new, double-contrast MRI method for evaluation of rectal carcinoma. LÄS MER
5. Rectal cancer : staging, radiotherapy and surgery
Sammanfattning : In Sweden, about 1800 patients are annually diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Surgery remains the major primary treatment. Adjuvant radiotherapy and total mesorectal excision (TME) are two major achievements in rectal cancer treatment during the last two decades. LÄS MER