Sökning: "pancreas cancer"

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  1. 16. S100A9 in inflammatory disease: a potential target for amelioration

    Författare :Sahar Tahvili; Immunologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quinoline-3-carboxamide; Myeloid cell; Type 1 diabetes; Cancer; S100A9;

    Sammanfattning : The quinoline-3-carboxamides (Q compounds) are a family of small molecules with immunomodulatory functions that have shown efficacy in various murine models of inflammatory diseases. One such compound has demonstrated antitumor effects in murine models. Q compounds bind to S100A9, thereby preventing its ligation to TLR4 and RAGE. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Risk characterization of familial cancer using the Swedish family-cancer database with a special reference to breast cancer

    Författare :Pauli Vaittinen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Familial cancer; genetic epidemiology; register study; standardized relative risk.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis reports on epidemiological studies on family related cancer in Sweden. The Family-Cancer Database was constructed in 1996 from several national registries. Family relations were available from the Generation register, cancer cases from the Cancer registry and socioeconomic information from Censuses. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Smoking and cancer among Swedish women

    Författare :Anders Nordlund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : Cancer has been the second most frequent cause of death in Sweden and in other developed countries for most of the 20th century, and today accounts for about 25 per cent of all mortality. While the trend in overall cancer mortality has been increasing among men, the picture is less clear regarding women. LÄS MER

  5. 19. PAK4 signaling in development and cancer

    Författare :Tânia Costa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Our understanding of cancer biology has been evolving rapidly shaped by groundbreaking discoveries. We now understand that cancer is not one disease but many, and that tumors are not foreign objects in the human body but rather the result of changes in the previously normal tissues and organs. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Pancreatic cancer – Influence of Tumour Microenvironment

    Författare :Chinmay Gundewar; Lund Kirurgi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with a 5-year survival less than 6%. It does not show any symptoms in its early stages, hence most (>85%) of the patients are diagnosed at late stage. LÄS MER