Browsing Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) by Author "Nordby, Yngve"
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Angiogenic biomarkers in prostate cancer - A study into the prognostic significance of angiogenesis related growth factor ligands and receptors and miR-205 in a cohort of Norwegian prostatectomy patients
Nordby, Yngve (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-05-03)Background: Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease, ranging from indolent and slow growing, to aggressive and lethal. Due to insufficient prognostic tools, there is a significant overtreatment of patients with harmless disease. Differentiating which patients benefit from radical treatments remains a huge challenge, and there is an urgent need to find new and better prognostic tools that may aid ...