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.
An increased risk for coronary heart disease among shift workers is earlier shown in the epidemiological literature. The aim of this thesis has been to penetrate metabolic disturbances and obesity among shift workers compared to day workers, and to compare if there are differences in total mortality or cause specific mortality of coronary heart disease
Background: IBS is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders and affects approximately 10-20 % of the general population and is widespread in all societies and socio-economic groups. Although the disorder does not have a life-threatening course, it still seriously affects the patients