Sökning: "small bowel cancer"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden small bowel cancer.
21. Towards prevention of pelvic radiation disease in gynecological cancer survivors
Sammanfattning : Background: To improve the therapeutic ratio of radiation therapy, an increased knowledge of how dose distributions affect normal tissue outcomes is critically needed; however normal tissue outcomes in terms of self-reported atomized symptoms among gynecological cancer survivors are rare in the literature. Aims: To investigate the prevalence of self-reported symptoms and their impact on daily life among long-term gynecological cancer survivors previously treated with pelvic radiation therapy. LÄS MER
22. Aspects of diverting stoma and ERAS in rectal cancer surgery
Sammanfattning : Annually, nearly 2000 patients are diagnosed with rectal cancer in Sweden. To date, the only known curative treatment is surgery and low anterior resection (LAR) is the operation of choice for tumours in the middle rectum. LÄS MER
23. Butyrophilin- and Butyrophilin-like genes and their role in epithelial cell-intraepithelial T lymphocyte cross-talk
Sammanfattning : More than 50% of our immune system is located in the gut. The intestinal epithelium, which forms an interface between the organism and the environment, harbors intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) that comprise a mixture of conventional αβ T cells and unconventional αβ- and γδ T cells. LÄS MER
24. Inflammatory bowel disease : risk factors for adverse outcomes, and preventive measures
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to identify risk factors for malignant transformation, survival, pregnancy outcomes and complications Further to assess the impact of surveillance colonoscopy and pharmacotherapy as a preventive measures in patients inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As sources of information we have utilized following population based cohorts3112 patients with ulcerative colitis diagnosis within the Uppsala Health Care Region from 1965 to 1983, 125 patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis collected from7 different hospitals in central of Sweden from 1964 to 1991, 239773 single births in Sweden from 1991 to 1992 and 4664 patients with ulcerative colitis diagnosis within the Uppsala Health Care Region and Stockholm County between year 1955 to 1984. LÄS MER
25. Long-term oncological outcome and health-related quality of life after curative treatment of prostate cancer with HDR-brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy
Sammanfattning : Prostate cancer (PC) is a major health problem among men in the western world. The prognosis of PC varies, with high mortality rates for high-risk disease in contrast to a mild course in low risk cancers with almost no risk of metastases. LÄS MER
