This project is about health-related quality of life in patients having endocrine gastrointestinal tumors. More topics discussed are: carcinoid tumors, endocrine pancreatic tumors, diagnosis treatment, quality of life in cancer patients, depression and anxiety in patients, importance of health-related quality of life HRQoL aspects, etc.
This thesis is comprised of two parts. In the first part we study the influence of four frequently disputed genes on the susceptibility for developing prostate cancer, and in the second part we attempt to establish a basic understanding of the molecular
Weight loss and other nutritional problems are common in cancer patients. The problems are of importance for response to treatment and survival and the well-being of the patients. Nutritional support can be carried out in different ways. The efforts considered in this