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Aspects on local recurrence after rectal cancer surgery
(2012-02-03)
Background:
Local recurrence after rectal cancer surgery has a profound impact on affected patients’ lives. The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire a deeper understanding of local recurrence after rectal cancer ...
Lithium protects the juvenile brain from ionizing radiation
(2015-10-14)
Radiotherapy used in the treatment of brain tumours in children results in a range of cognitive dysfunctions that impact the quality of life in the surviving population. In past decades, great strides were made in understanding ...
Inflammatorisk tarmsjukdom (IBD) i Ronneby
(Arbets- och miljömedicin, Göteborgs universitet, 2019-12-16)
I december 2013 upptäcktes höga halter av högfluorerade ämnen (så kallade PFAS) i ett vattenverk, som försörjde ⅓ av hushållen i Ronneby kommun med dricksvatten. För att undersöka om PFAS-föroreningen har lett till en ökad ...
Insulin resistance and cardiovascular function - Observational, translational and interventional studies
(2016-05-26)
Background: Microvascular disease is now recognized as an important driver for cardiovascular
mortality and morbidity. Diabetic patients are known to suffer from this condition, leading to e.g.
coronary ischemia as well ...
Nutritional metabolomics: The search for dietary exposure variables
(2018-10-19)
To establish associations and causation between diet and health, objective and reliable methods are needed to measure dietary exposure. Metabolomics provide an unbiased tool for exploring the modulation of the human ...
Work ability and exposure to work demands among workers with neck pain
(2019-05-13)
Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, which causes sickness absence and early retirement. Manual labor, awkward postures and repetitive work are commonly reported as causes for work-related neck ...
Radiobiological effects of the thyroid gland - transcriptomic and proteomic responses to 131l and 211At exposure
(2015-04-08)
Radionuclides are widely used in medicine. 131I is one of the most employed radionuclides and is administered to patients either bound to tumor targeting molecules or as halide to target the thyroid or thyroid cancer. 211At ...
Bringing MEG towards clinical applications
(2018-08-21)
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a passive, non-invasive functional neuroimaging technique for recording magnetic fields generated by neuronal currents in the brain. MEG provides a unique capability to map the electrophysiology ...
Signal identification for visual electrophysiological recordings. A comparison of signal analysis techniques and their application to clinical electrophysiology of vision.
(2012-05-24)
Aims: The aim of this thesis was to investigate the use of objective methods for the analysis of visual electrophysiological recordings. Specifically can signal identification algorithms identify electrophysiological signals ...
Health hazards and cancer in relation to occupational exposures among Swedish seafarers
(2018-11-19)
This thesis explores health hazards for seafarers in the Swedish merchant fleet, and occupational risks for lung cancer, mesothelioma and hematologic malignancy (HM). A special focus has been exposure to benzene and biomarker ...