Sökning: "childhood cancer care"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade orden childhood cancer care.

  1. 1. Genetic factors in childhood cancer. Associations between tumors in childhood and adulthood, and prevalence of germline TP53 mutations

    Författare :Susanne Magnusson; Bröstcancer-genetik; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Childhood cancer; hereditary factors; breast cancer; survival; hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer; familial malignant melanoma; BRCA1; BRCA2; mismatch repair; CDKN2A; familial risk; multiple childhood tumors; Li-Fraumeni syndrome; TP53; adrenocortical carcinoma; choroid plexus tumors; rhabdomyosarcoma;

    Sammanfattning : The etiology of childhood cancer is largely unknown. Approximately 1-10% of all childhood tumors are associated with known cancer predisposition syndromes. However, the contribution may be underestimated due to the failure to detect patients with genetic susceptibility for cancer when relying on known family pattern and anomalies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Improving care of children with cancer in Egypt

    Författare :El Malla Hanan; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Childhood cancers; Psychosocial oncology; Cancer care in Egypt;

    Sammanfattning : Aims: More than 70 percent of the children diagnosed with cancer in Egypt die every year. In Sweden the corresponding figure is close to 20 percent. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Childhood overweight and pubertal timing as predictors of adult cancer in men

    Författare :Jimmy Célind; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; childhood body mass index; young adult body mass index; cancer; epidemiology; birthweight; secular trends;

    Sammanfattning : Background and Aim Obesity is one of the leading causes of cancer globally. The importance of overweight in childhood for adult cancer risk, independent of overweight status in young adulthood is still unknown. Furthermore, how male pubertal timing influences the risk of prostate cancer has not been established. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Life after childhood cancer

    Författare :Eva Berg Doukkali; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :childhood cancer;

    Sammanfattning : Young people who have undergone treatment for childhood cancer have a high risk of developing chronic health problems that could have a potential strong impact on their lives. How a childhood cancer experience affects the lives of young survivors has only been studied to a limited extent. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Childhood cancer and school

    Författare :Margareta af Sandeberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :childhood cancer;

    Sammanfattning : The school situation is one area identified as being affected during and after treatment for childhood cancer and only studied to a limited extent. A contributing factor to that school absence is not always recommended is uncertainty about whether it increases the risk of infection. LÄS MER