Sökning: "hypopharynx"
Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade ordet hypopharynx.
1. Laryngopharyngeal reflux - development and refinement of diagnostic tools
Sammanfattning : Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), characterized by symptoms of chronic cough, hoarseness, throat clearing, globus, laryngospasm, throat pain and excessive mucus has in recent years been recognized as an extra-esophageal manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). There are still many questions to be answered regarding how to diagnose the LPR disease and how to effectively select patients that may benefit from treatment. LÄS MER
2. Human papillomavirus infection in healthy youth and in hypopharyngeal cancer
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to follow the prevalence of human papillomavirus in the oral cavity and in the cervix in youth during the period of 2008-2015, a period when HPV vaccination was gradually introduced to young girls in Sweden. In addition, we explored the prevalence of HPV in hypopharyngeal cancer during the period 2000-2012 on the basis that there has been an epidemic of HPV positive tonsillar and base of tongue cancer, which arise in locations with close physiological proximity to the hypopharynx. LÄS MER
3. Diagnostic and prognostic markers in primarily non-smoking related head and neck cancer
Sammanfattning : Head and neck cancer (HNC) includes cancers of the oral cavity, the pharynx (i.e., the nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and the hypopharynx), the larynx, the nasal cavity, the paranasal sinuses, and the salivary glands. LÄS MER