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Predictors of survival in cardiac arrest
(2021-10-01)
Cardiac arrest (CA) refers to the cessation of cardiac function. Survival is around 30% for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), and 10% for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Many factors influence survival, ranging ...
Aspects of post-resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
(2017-04-10)
Background: Cardiac disease is the most common cause of death in the western world and the majority of these deaths are due to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). In Sweden, approximately 10,000 persons suffer an OHCA ...
Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Factors in Borderline Ovarian Tumors and Invasive Ovarian Carcinomas in Western Sweden
(2008-11-24)
Ovarian cancer, the most lethal of gynecological malignancies in Sweden, is first diagnosed in advanced stages in two thirds of the cases. Although the incidence is decreasing, mortality remains high.
Clinical guidelines ...
Population-based studies on acute leukemias - lessons from the Swedish Adult Acute Leukemia Registry
(2011-09-12)
Acute leukemia (AL) is a rare, potentially curable, aggressive neoplasm of hematopoietic origin. AL is a heterogeneous disease and is further subdivided according to clinical and biological features.
The aims were to ...
Colorectal Cancer - Evaluation of MMP as a prognostic marker and a model for peritoneal response
(2019-05-24)
Background
: There are about 6600 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in
Sweden each year. Survival rates vary with cancer stage at diagnosis. The main
treatment is surgery together with, in some cases, oncological ...
To predict results of breast cancer therapy
(2019-03-06)
We have used the almost complete national Swedish Cancer register, regional quality management register and one randomized adjuvant endocrine trial to study, the effect of radiotherapy in breast cancer with 1-3 positive ...
Tissue remodelling proteases as prognostic factors in colon and rectal cancer
(2009-05-08)
Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Sweden and the main treatment is surgery. The TNM classification is the principal staging tool, although insufficient in identifying all patients with poor ...
Aspects on the management of patients with esophageal cancer
(2007-05-21)
Cancer of the esophagus is assessed to be the 8th most common cancer form in the world, with approximately 460.000 new cases annually. It is often diagnosed at a late stage, is related to severe morbidity and a poor ...
Profiling of Small Intestine Neuroendocrine Tumors
(2014-11-04)
Small intestine neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) are malignant neoplasms usually presenting with disseminated disease and symptoms of hormone overproduction. Radical surgery is curative but can only be performed for localized ...
Factors influencing outcome in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Effects of pharmacotherapy, pacing and surgical myectomy
(2019-11-07)
Background: Most studies on risk factors for disease-related mortality in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have emanated from specialized tertiary centres which are subject to possible referral bias. About one quarter of ...