Search Results - "RUTQVIST, L. E"

Effect of a surgical training programme on outcome of rectal cancer in the County of Stockholm by Martling, A Lehander, Holm, T, Rutqvist, L-E, Moran, BJ, Heald, RJ, Cedermark, B

“…The Stockholm I and II randomised trials demonstrated the value of preoperative radiotherapy in preventing local recurrence in rectal cancer. This study…”
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Impact of a surgical training programme on rectal cancer outcomes in Stockholm by Martling, A., Holm, T., Rutqvist, L. E., Johansson, H., Moran, B. J., Heald, R. J., Cedermark, B.

“…Background: Total mesorectal excision (TME) and use of adjuvant radiotherapy are major advances in the treatment of rectal cancer that have emerged in the past…”
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The surgeon as a prognostic factor after the introduction of total mesorectal excision in the treatment of rectal cancer by Martling, A., Cedermark, B., Johansson, H., Rutqvist, L. E., Holm, T.

“…Background: With conventional blunt surgical resection of rectal cancer, local recurrence rates are high and the individual surgeon putatively influences…”
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Bone Mineral Density Among Premenopausal Women With Early Breast Cancer in a Randomized Trial of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy by SVERRISDOTTIR, A, FORNANDER, T, JACOBSSON, H, VON SCHOULTZ, E, RUTQVIST, L. E

“…To examine the effects on bone mineral density of 2 years of treatment with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist alone or in combination with…”
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Factors influencing return to work: a narrative study of women treated for breast cancer by JOHNSSON, A., FORNANDER, T., RUTQVIST, L.E., OLSSON, M.

“…JOHNSSON A., FORNANDER T., RUTQVIST L.E. & OLSSON M. (2010) European Journal of Cancer Care19, 317–323
Factors influencing return to work: a narrative study of…”
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Endocrine treatment options for advanced breast cancer – the role of fulvestrant by Robertson, J.F.R., Come, S.E., Jones, S.E., Beex, L., Kaufmann, M., Makris, A., Nortier, J.W.R., Possinger, K., Rutqvist, L.-E.

“…For many years, tamoxifen has been the ‘gold standard’ amongst anti-oestrogen therapies for breast cancer. However, the selective aromatase inhibitors (AIs),…”
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Influence of hospital- and surgeon-related factors on outcome after treatment of rectal cancer with or without preoperative radiotherapy by Holm, T., Johansson, H., Cedermark, B., Ekelund, G., Rutqvist, L.-E.

“…Background Preoperative radiotherapy reduces recurrence rates after surgery for rectal cancer but other variables may also affect outcome. The Stockholm Rectal…”
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Long-term cardiac mortality after radiotherapy of breast cancer : application of the relative seriality model by GAGLIARDI, G, LAX, I, OTTOLENGHI, A, RUTQVIST, L. E

“…Effects on the heart constitute a potentially significant and serious clinical problem in primary radiation therapy of early breast cancer. Increased cardiac…”
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Postoperative mortality in rectal cancer treated with or without preoperative radiotherapy: Causes and risk factors by Holm, T., Rutqvist, L.-E., Johansson, H., Cedermark, B.

“…Adjuvant preoperative radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer improves local control and possibly overall survival. However, an increased postoperative…”
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Prognostic significance of both surgical and pathological assessment of curative resection for rectal cancer by Martling, A., Singnomklao, T., Holm, T., Rutqvist, L. E., Cedermark, B.

“…Background: Information on whether surgery has been ‘curative’ is essential for prediction of prognosis and for selection of patients for adjuvant treatment…”
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Smoking tobacco, oral snuff, and alcohol in the etiology of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A population-based case-referent study in Sweden by LEWIN, F, NORELL, S. E, JOHANSSON, H, GUSTAVSSON, P, WENNERBERG, J, BIÖRKLUND, A, RUTQVIST, L. E

“…This case-referent study was conducted to elucidate the role of selected exogenous agents in the etiology of head and neck cancer. The factors studied were…”
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Adequate locoregional treatment for early breast cancer may prevent secondary dissemination by Arriagada, R, Rutqvist, L E, Mattsson, A, Kramar, A, Rotstein, S

“…To analyze different events that determine event-free survival (EFS) in a randomized trial on adjuvant radiotherapy in early breast cancer patients with more…”
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Evaluation of irradiated heart volumes in stage I breast cancer patients treated with postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy by Gyenes, G, Gagliardi, G, Lax, I, Fornander, T, Rutqvist, L E

“…To quantify the proportion of heart volumes that received at least 25 Gy with tangential photon fields in patients with left-sided stage I (T1 NOMO) breast…”
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Smoking cessation among patients with head and neck cancer: cancer as a 'teachable moment' by SHARP, L., JOHANSSON, H., FAGERSTRÖM, K., RUTQVIST, L.E.

“…Many cancer patients continue to smoke past diagnosis and treatment, even though smoking in some cases may cause more side effects and increase the risk of…”
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Coronary Heart Disease Mortality After 5 Years of Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy: Results from a Randomized Trial by Nordenskjöld, Bo, Rosell, Johan, Rutqvist, Lars-Erik, Malmström, Per-Olof, Bergh, Jonas, Bengtsson, Nils-Olof, Hatschek, Thomas, Wallgren, Arne, Carstensen, John

“…From January 1, 1983, through December 31, 1992, a total of 4610 patients entered a randomized trial that compared mortality among patients receiving 2 years…”
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Radiation pneumonitis after breast cancer irradiation: analysis of the complication probability using the relative seriality model by Gagliardi, G, Bjöhle, J, Lax, I, Ottolenghi, A, Eriksson, F, Liedberg, A, Lind, P, Rutqvist, L E

“…Toxicity of the respiratory system is quite common after radiotherapy of thoracic tumors; breast cancer patients represent one of the groups for which there is…”
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Influence of prior and subsequent pregnancy on breast cancer prognosis by von Schoultz, E, Johansson, H, Wilking, N, Rutqvist, L E

“…The prognostic influence of pregnancies 5 years before (n = 173) and after (n = 50) breast cancer diagnosis was investigated in 2,119 women less than 50 years…”
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Local recurrence of rectal adenocarcinoma after 'curative' surgery with and without preoperative radiotherapy by Holm, T, Cedermark, B, Rutqvist, L E

“…The natural history of locally recurrent rectal cancer was analysed to assess whether preoperative irradiation altered the clinical course of the disease. In a…”
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Breast cancer screening with mammography: overview of Swedish randomised trials by Nyström, L, Rutqvist, L E, Wall, S, Lindgren, A, Lindqvist, M, Rydén, S, Andersson, I, Bjurstam, N, Fagerberg, G, Frisell, J

“…Despite encouraging results from screening trials the efficacy of mammography in reducing mortality remains somewhat controversial. Five studies have been done…”
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Mortality by laterality of the primary tumour among 55,000 breast cancer patients from the Swedish Cancer Registry by RUTQVIST, L. E, JOHANSSON, H

“…To examine the hypothesis that radiotherapy for breast cancer can cause myocardial infarction, cause-specific mortality by laterality of the primary tumour was…”
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