Sökning: "screening cancer"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 448 avhandlingar innehållade orden screening cancer.

  1. 11. Breast cancer screening with mammography of women 40-49 years in Sweden

    Författare :Barbro Numan Hellquist; Håkan Jonsson; Lennarth Nyström; Nea Malila; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cohort; mortality; breast cancer; mammography screening; risk factors; parity; age at first birth; socio-economic status; overdiagnosis; Oncology; onkologi;

    Sammanfattning : Background The debate regarding the lower age limit for mammography service screening is old and lively; a product in part of the lower breast cancer risk in younger ages as well as the limited data available for studies of the younger age group. Recently the idea of inviting only high risk groups has gained momentum, however high risk might not be equivalent to greater benefit from screening. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Analyses of Dose-Response and Mechanistic Action of Different Anti-Cancer Drugs for Neuroendocrine Tumor Cell Lines

    Författare :Dhana E Larsson; Dan Granberg; Sadia Hassan; Kjell Öberg; Jens F Rehfeld; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cancer drugs; Screening; Hollow Fiber model; Apoptosis; Oncology; Onkologi;

    Sammanfattning : Cancer is a disease with poor response rates on available treatments. Problems with resistance and intolerance against cancer drugs are major reasons for failure of the drugs. The need to discover new cancer drugs is important. In this thesis screening of new cancer drugs and evaluation of their mechanism of action are discussed. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Bioinformatics tools for discovery and evaluation of biomarkers : Applications in clinical assessment of cancer

    Författare :Benjamin Ulfenborg; Björn Olsson; Karin Klinga-Levan; Erik Larsson Lekholm; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Algorithms; biomarkers; machine learning; classification; cancer; microRNA database; microRNA discovery; partial least squares; Medical sciences; Medicin; Bioinformatik; Bioinformatics; Biomedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Cancer is a disease characterized by abnormal proliferation of cells in the body and ranks as the second leading cause of death worldwide. In order to improve cancer patient care, a major focus of cancer research is to discover biomarkers. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Non-attendees need attention - Determinants and interventions affecting participation in cervical cancer screening

    Författare :Gudrun Broberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Demography; HPV; Mass screening; Non-attendance; Papanicolaou smear; Telephone call; Socioeconomic factors;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: Non-attendance is the foremost screening-related risk factor for cervical cancer. The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to preventing cervical cancer by focusing attention on non-attendees, assessing interventions to increase participation in screening and identifying determinants for non-attendance. LÄS MER

  7. 15. The role of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase type І alpha (PIP5K1α) and utility of its inhibitor for targeting metastatic cancer

    Författare :Martuza Sarwar; Malmö Experimentell cancerforskning; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Prostate Cancer; Breast cancer; Cancer therapy; PIP5K1A; PI3K AKT signal pathway; Kinase inhibitors;

    Sammanfattning : Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cause of cancer-related death in men after lung cancer. Annually, more than 9000 new cases are diagnosed in Sweden and 2500 of them die each year. Metastatic prostate cancer can be treated with castration. LÄS MER