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Early Prostate Cancer, On prognostic markers and predictors of treatment outcome after radical prostatectomy.
(2007-11-19)
The incidence of prostate cancer (PC) has increased by 4.6% annually in Sweden during the past ten years. Today’s clinically used prognostic markers are not accurate enough to separate the potentially life-threatening ...
Invasive and Metastatic Properties of Advanced Prostate Cancer
(2009-05-15)
Prostate cancer is initially androgen-dependent (AD) and therefore androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is generally used to treat advanced prostate cancer. However, the long-term treatment effects are insufficient and over ...
Evaluation of regulator of G-protein signaling 2 (RGS2) at different stages of prostate cancer - Significance and clinical potential
(2019-05-15)
Prostate cancer (PC) is often a slow-growing and symptom-free disease with good prognosis.
However, a substantial number will progress, ultimately metastasize if left untreated and
finally kill the patient. The standard ...
Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer - studies on angiogenesis and ADAMTS1
(2009-10-27)
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer since prostate tumors initially are dependent on androgens for growth. However, most tumors will eventually relapse and grow in a ...
Towards improved physical and psychological health after radiotherapy for prostate cancer - avoiding radiation - induced long-lasting gastrointestinal symptoms
(2012-03-01)
There are an increasing number of irradiated prostate-cancer survivors in the
world today. For many of these men survival comes at a cost: unwanted
debilitating side effects due to exposure of healthy normal tissue to ...
Prostate Cancer and Its Influence on Men´s Daily Lives
(2009-09-30)
Prostate cancer has been a disease of older men but age at diagnosis is falling in Sweden.
Fatigue has been regarded as a common symptom of cancer and may compromise quality of life in prostate cancer patients. The overall ...
Inguinal Hernia after Urologic Surgery in Males with Special Reference to Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy. A Clinical, Epidemiological and Methodological Study
(2006-10-02)
Background and aims: In 1996 the first report indicating that inguinal hernia (IH) was a complication to radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) was published. The main aims of this thesis were to further establish this ...