Sökning: "small bowel cancer"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden small bowel cancer.

1. 11. Surgical Aspects and Prognostic Factors in the Management of Rectal Cancer

   Författare :Kevin Afshari; Maziar Nikberg; Kennet Smedh; Abbas Chabok; Per J. Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Loop ileostomy; Small bowel obstruction; Defecatory dysfunction; Stage IV rectal cancer; Surgery; Kirurgi;

   Sammanfattning : Survival among patients with stage IV rectal cancer is poor and surgical treatment for this disease is associated with morbidities such as small bowel obstruction, complications with a diverting loop ileostomy, and functional bowel disturbances. The overall aim of this thesis was to assess risk factors and morbidity after surgery for rectal cancer and to evaluate factors affecting survival in patients with stage IV rectal cancer. LÄS MER

3. 12. Liver cirrhosis-epidemiological and Clinical Aspects

   Författare :Steingerður Anna Gunnarsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Liver cirrhosis; etiology; alcoholic liver disease; mortality; portal hypertension; esophageal varices; variceal bleeding; hepatitis C; hepatocellular cancer; malignancies; small intestinal motility; small intestinal bacterial overgrowth;

   Sammanfattning : Liver cirrhosis is the end-stage of many different chronic liver diseases. Limited data exists on the epidemiology, natural history and complications of liver cirrhosis such as esophageal varices and malignancies in the Nordic countries after the discovery of hepatitis C (HCV). LÄS MER

4. 13. Bowel irradiation: the effects on inflammation and matrix-metalloproteinases

   Författare :ANDREA POLISTENA; Kirurgi; []
   Nyckelord :Radiotherapy; Inflammation; Colorectal Cancer; MMP-7; Matrilysin; Bacteria;

   Sammanfattning : Background and aims: Radiotherapy is a valid treatment in cancer multimodal management but it is affected by severe systemic and local side effects. A murine small bowel model was used for the investigation of inflammatory features and apoptosis of local radiotherapy. LÄS MER

5. 14. Anaemia, blood loss and colorectal cancer

   Författare :Malin Mörner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer worldwide and strikes both sexes. The age-adjusted 5-year survival in Sweden was 60% in the early 21 st century. Approximately 50% of patients are anaemic at the time of diagnosis. Many patients need blood transfusion due to anaemia or surgical blood-loss. LÄS MER

7. 15. Prognostic and predictive factors for colorectal cancer

   Författare :Masoud Karimi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide of which approximately 30% of cases are localized in the rectum. Rectal cancer accounts for around 700, 000 cases and 310, 000 deaths annually across the world with a global distribution that varies due to different lifestyles. LÄS MER