Essays about: "Cancer incidence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words Cancer incidence.
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1. Indocyanine-green fluorescence imaging to detect anastomotic insufficiency after esophagectomy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/FörbränningsfysikAbstract : This research project is concerned with the development of simulation models and image analysis algorithms, as well as instrumentation for characterizing anastomotic leakages after a patient has undergone surgery for esophageal cancer. Anastomotic leakage is a high-incidence complication after esophagectomy, a surgical procedure for esophageal cancer. READ MORE
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2. Microfluidic flow splitter shape optimization for high throughput
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknikAbstract : Due to an increasing incidence rate, the need for new effective methods for diagnosing cancer are of high importance. Studies have shown that circulating tumor cells, CTCs, have great potential as a diagnostic biomarker. Acoustophoresis is a label free method, capable of separating CTCs from red blood cells in a blood sample. READ MORE
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3. Bootstrapping methods for assessing causality in survival analysis: A case study on major adverse cardiovascular events
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : The combination of graphical models with Aalen's additive hazards model, resulting in a model known as dynamical path analysis, permits assessing the effects of different variables on times until an event and decomposing these total effects into direct and indirect effects. This thesis proposes novel bootstrapping methods designed for left-truncated right-censored data, conditional on covariates within the framework of Aalen's additive hazards model, in order to obtain confidence intervals for the estimates. READ MORE
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4. The experience of young women with breast cance rafter mastectomy : A descriptive literature review
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskapAbstract : Background: breast cancer is the malignant tumor with the highest incidence rate inwomen. The treatment of breast cancer is mainly surgical treatment, supplemented bychemical drugs, endocrine, radiation, biology, etc. Mastectomy is the most commonlyused surgical treatment, but the body image of patients will be changed aftermastectomy. READ MORE
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5. Impact of ACA’s free screening policy on colorectal cancer outcomes and cost savings : Effect of removal of out-of-pocket cancer screening fee on screening, incidence, mortality, and cost savings
University essay fromAbstract : Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide as of 2020. Early detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer can greatly increase the chances of successful treatment and can also reduce the cost of care including treatment. READ MORE