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A population-based study of pain and quality of life during the year before death in men with prostate cancerG Sandblom
Department of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Br J Cancer 90:1163-8. 2004..2) and those still alive was 70.0 (+/-1.2). In conclusion, health-related quality of life gradually declines during the last year of life in men with prostate cancer. This decline may partly be avoided by an optimised pain management...
Clinical consequences of screening for prostate cancer: 15 years follow-up of a randomised controlled trial in SwedenGabriel Sandblom
Department of Surgery, Uppsala Akademiska Hospital, Akademiska sjukhuset, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Eur Urol 46:717-23; discussion 724. 2004..To test the feasibility of a population-based prostate cancer screening programme in general practice and explore the outcome after a 15-year follow-up period...- Positron emission tomography with C11-acetate for tumor detection and localization in patients with prostate-specific antigen relapse after radical prostatectomyGabriel Sandblom
Department of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Urology 67:996-1000. 2006..No technique for localizing and detecting prostate cancer recurrence after biochemical relapse available today is sensitive enough to localize recurrence at a stage at which salvage radiotherapy is still curative... 
Fractures of self-expanding metallic stents in periampullary malignant biliary obstructionI C Rasmussen
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Acta Radiol 50:730-7. 2009..Self-expanding metallic stents are widely used for relieving biliary duct obstruction in patients with unresectable periampullary malignancies. However, only a few studies have assessed the occurrence of fractures in these stents...- Persistent pain after groin hernia surgery: a qualitative analysis of pain and its consequences for quality of lifeM L Kalliomäki
Institute of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 53:236-46. 2009..The aim of this study was to determine the type of post-herniorrhaphy pain and its influence on daily life... - Prostate cancer registration in four Swedish regions 1996-- differences in incidence, age structure and managementG Sandblom
Department of Surgery, Motala Hospital, Sweden
Scand J Urol Nephrol 33:306-11. 1999..In 1996 registration of prostate cancer in four of the six Swedish regions was started to facilitate evaluation of geographical variations in incidence and treatment... - Recurrent groin hernia surgeryD Sevonius
Department of Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Br J Surg 98:1489-94. 2011..The aim was to define the outcome from routine redo hernia surgery by analysing a large population-based cohort from a national hernia register... - Validation of an Inguinal Pain Questionnaire for assessment of chronic pain after groin hernia repairU Fränneby
Department of Surgery, Sodersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Br J Surg 95:488-93. 2008..Long-term pain is an important outcome after inguinal hernia repair. The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of a specific Inguinal Pain Questionnaire (IPQ)... - The time profile of groin hernia recurrencesN Magnusson
Department of Surgery, Mora Hospital, Mora, Sweden
Hernia 14:341-4. 2010..The aim of the study was to identify risk factors affecting the time interval between the primary repair and the reoperation... - Validity of a population-based cancer register in Sweden--an assessment of data reproducibility in the South-East Region Prostate Cancer RegisterGabriel Sandblom
Centre of Oncology, University Hospital, SE 581 85 Linkoping, Sweden
Scand J Urol Nephrol 37:112-9. 2003..To assess the reproducibility of the data recorded a random sample of the cases were reviewed a second time and compared to the original recording... - The estimated economic value of the welfare loss due to prostate cancer pain in a defined populationKarin Sennfalt
Center for Medical Technology Assessment, Linkoping University, Sweden
Acta Oncol 43:290-6. 2004..Based on an estimate of the willingness to pay for a QALY the economic value of this welfare loss due to prostate cancer pain is in the magnitude of Euro 86 600 000 per year (Euro 19 800000 per million men in Sweden)... - PSA kinetics provide improved prediction of survival in metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancerDavid Robinson
Department of Urology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden
Urology 72:903-7. 2008..To assess the value of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics in predicting survival and relate this to the baseline variables in men with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC)... - Costs and effects of prostate cancer screening in Sweden--a 15-year follow-up of a randomized trialKarin Sennfalt
Center for Medical Technology Assessment, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
Scand J Urol Nephrol 38:291-8. 2004..To estimate the lifetime cost per detected potentially curable cancer and the economic impact on healthcare of repeated screening for prostate cancer in Sweden in a cohort of men aged 50-69 years... - The impact of prostate-specific antigen level at diagnosis on the relative survival of 28,531 men with localized carcinoma of the prostateGabriel Sandblom
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Cancer 112:813-9. 2008.... - Prediction of survival of metastatic prostate cancer based on early serial measurements of prostate specific antigen and alkaline phosphataseDavid Robinson
Department of Urology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden
J Urol 179:117-22; discussion 122-3. 2008..We determined how serial measurements of prostate specific antigen and alkaline phosphatase can be used to predict survival early in the course of hormone treated metastatic prostate cancer... - Survival in prostate carcinoma--outcomes from a prospective, population-based cohort of 8887 men with up to 15 years of follow-up: results from three countries in the population-based National Prostate Cancer Registry of SwedenGunnar Aus
Department of Urology, Sahlgrens University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
Cancer 103:943-51. 2005..To decide on screening strategies and curative treatments for prostate carcinoma, it is necessary to determine the incidence and survival in a population that is not screened... - Risk factors for long-term pain after hernia surgeryUlf Fränneby
Department of Surgery, Sodersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Surg 244:212-9. 2006..To estimate the prevalence of residual pain 2 to 3 years after hernia surgery, to identify factors associated with its occurrence, and to assess the consequences for the patient... - Long-term pain after inguinal hernia repair in a population-based cohort; risk factors and interference with daily activitiesMaija L Kalliomäki
Institute of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
Eur J Pain 12:214-25. 2008..The possibility of long-term pain as an outcome after hernia operations should be taken into consideration in the decision making prior to operation...