Sökning: "postmenopausal breast cancer"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 48 avhandlingar innehållade orden postmenopausal breast cancer.

  1. 21. Prognostic and predictive factors in Vietnamese breast cancer : a comparison with Swedish patients and effect on survival

    Författare :Thang Vu Hong; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Breast cancer;

    Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among women in Western and Asian countries. Previous studies showed that Asian and African-American patients more often had poor tumor prognostic factors than Caucasian patients. There are however only few reports on tumor prognostic factors and survival in Vietnamese breast cancer patients. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Mammographic breast density and postmenopausal hormone therapy

    Författare :Eva Lundström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Mammographic breast density; mammography; menopause; hormone therapy; tibolone; low dose intrauterine progestogen; Syndecan-1.;

    Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy among women in the western world. More than one million women are estimated to be diagnosed with the disease every year. The breast is a target organ for sex steroids and hormonal treatments have been found to increase the risk for breast cancer. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Hormone-related dietary factors and estrogen/progesterone-receptor defined postmenopausal breast cancer

    Författare :Reiko Suzuki; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Breast cancer; ER; PR; alcohol; body weight; dietary fiber; dietary lignans;

    Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer among women in Western countries including Sweden. It has been hypothesized that ovarian hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone may, at least partly, play an important role in the etiology of breast cancer. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Dietary fat as an exposure in epidemiological studies. Observations in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort

    Författare :Iréne Mattisson; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Absolute fat; cohort study; confounders; energy-adjustment; fibre; food groups; plant food; prospective study; relative fat; underreporting; Public health; Näringslära; epidemiology; breast cancer; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Nutrition;

    Sammanfattning : The aim was to explore the inherent meaning of total fat and to examine the associations between relative fat intake and postmenopausal breast cancer. Furthermore, the impacts of the alterations in dietary assessment routines are discussed. This thesis uses data from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study, a prospective cohort study. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Hormones and breast cancer : aspects on receptor expression and metabolism

    Författare :Lars Löfgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Breast cancer; fine needle aspiration biopsy; tamoxifen; megestrol acetate; SHBG; sex steroid hormone receptors; Syndecan-1;

    Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in the western world. Sex steroid hormones are implied as risk factors but endocrine regimens are also used in the therapy of breast cancer. Current knowledge about the endocrine and metabolic effects of different treatments is incomplete. LÄS MER