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Clinical and genetical aspects of Celiac Disease
(2008)
Celiac disease (CD), or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is one of the most common chronic
diseases in childhood but is diagnosed in all ages. CD is a genetically driven immunological
intolerance to dietary gluten. Th e ...
Prostate cancer screening with PSA - A study of potential negative consequences
(2010-11-19)
Aims: The Göteborg randomized population-based prostate cancer screening trial is a prospective study evaluating the efficacy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening and its effect on prostate cancer mortality. ...
Optimized use of MRI in a PSA based prostate cancer screening program
(2021-05-07)
The overall aim of this thesis was to optimize different aspects of the use of MRI in screening for prostate cancer. Paper 1 was based on preoperative MRI in a prostatectomy cohort. Papers 2-4 were based on data from the ...
Prostate Cancer Screening - Aspects of Overdiagnosis
(2014-11-28)
The overall aim of this thesis is to explore aspects of overdiagnosis, i.e. the diagnosis of a tumor that in the absence of screening would never have been diagnosed, in prostate cancer (PC) screening. The four papers in ...
Clinical implementation of novel diagnostic biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer - Can we improve diagnosis?
(2020-04-01)
Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer. The 5-year survival is about 30%, a consequence of failure to establish early diagnosis due to unspecific symptoms. The biomarker serum ...
Prostate Cancer Screening: Outcomes and Risk Prediction
(2018-12-12)
Prostate Cancer Screening: Outcomes and Risk Prediction
Maria Frånlund, MD
Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
ABSTRACT
The Göteborg Randomized ...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Screening Tool for Prostate Cancer
(2021-04-20)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the role of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the prostate as an adjunct to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-test in screening for prostate cancer (PCa), focusing on the ...
Selected aspects on improving the management of skin cancer
(2009-05-13)
The constant rise of skin cancer incidence rates in Sweden is a problem which requires attention. Improved techniques for prevention, early detection and effective treatment are required to face this challenging task. The ...
Characteristics of screen-failures in prostate cancer screening
(2015-03-30)
ABSTRACT
Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening has been shown to reduce prostate cancer (PC)-specific mortality with large variations in mortality reduction with different screening algorithms, the ...
Cervical and vaginal cancer - aspects on risk factors, prevention and treatment
(2021-03-26)
Background: Participation in screening is associated with a major risk reduction in cervical cancer, but there is a lack of knowledge on whether the cost to the individual has an effect on the participation rate. Women ...