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    DNA methylome in HER2-positive resistant breast cancer 

    Palomeras, Sònia (Date of defense: 2019-02-27)

    The major clinical problem for HER2+ breast cancer target therapies is the acquisition of resistance. The DNA methylation status of the promoter gene region has been described as a common epigenetic alteration for ...

    Estudi de l'acció de diferents bloquejadors de la via ErbB en la teràpia antitumoral 

    Ferrer Soler, Laura (Date of defense: 2007-03-30)

    L'inhibidor de carboxipeptidasa de patata (PCI) és un antagonista de l'EGF. Un dels problemes del PCI, però, és la baixa afinitat per l'EGFR en comparació amb el lligand natural. En aquest treball s'han dissenyat nous ...

    Estudi epidemiològic poblacional de la incidència, tendència i supervivència de les neoplàsies limfoides a la província de Girona durant un període de 20 anys (1996-2015) 

    Auñón Sanz, M. del Carmen (Date of defense: 2020-11-20)

    The incidence, time trends and survival of lymphoid neoplasm’s in the Girona province are analyzed from 1996 to 2015. The survival of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (LBDCG) before and after 2004 and estimate incidence rate ...

    Estudio del impacto de UGT2B17 y PD-1 en el trasplante alogénico de progenitores hematopoyéticos a partir de donante emparentado HLA idéntico 

    Santos Carvajal, Nazly (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)

    Study of the impact of UGT2B17 and PD-1 on allogeneic transplantation of hematopoietic progenitors (allo-TPH) from HLA-identical related donor. everal genetic factors can favor the development of graft-versus-host disease ...

    Factors pronòstics en la dehiscència anastomòtica de la cirurgia del càncer de còlon. Models de predicció actuals i validació externa independent 

    Pigem Rodeja, Anna (Date of defense: 2023-03-03)

    INTRODUCTION: Anastomotic leak (AL) is the most dreadful and life-threatening complication in colon cancer (CC) surgery. It is associated to an increase of morbimortality, longer hospital stay, increased healthcare costs ...

    Fatty acid synthase expression and inhibition in cancer 

    Blancafort Jorquera, Adriana (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)

    In this thesis,the association of FASN (fatty acid synthase) expression with clinicopathological and anthropometric characteristics in breast cancer patients is studied to find out FASN role as a prognostic in early stage ...

    Fatty acid synthase expression and inhibition in triple-negative breast cancer 

    Giró Perafita, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2017-01-17)

    Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents 20% of breast cancer and patients receive only general chemotherapy. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is commonly expressed in TNBC and it is associated with poor ...

    Glandular tissue pattern analysis through multimodal MRI-mammography registration 

    García Marcos, Eloy (Date of defense: 2018-04-05)

    Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Several studies have shown that the combination of the different medical image modalities, such as the x-ray mammography and the magnetic resonance imaging ...

    Glycan alterations of serum proteins as tumour markers. Prostate-specific antigen in prostate cancer and acute-phase proteins in pancreatic cancer 

    Sarrats Carbó, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2011-02-10)

    Els pacients amb càncer presenten una taxa de supervivència superior si es diagnostiquen a estadis inicials, per la qual cosa és indispensable disposar de marcadors tumorals adequats. Glicoformes de proteïnes específiques ...

    Històries de malaltia : anàlisi narrativa en l'experiència de càncer 

    Espinàs i Olvera, Laura (Date of defense: 2010-07-12)

    En la present tesi doctoral es presenta, des d'una perspectiva narrativa i socioconstruccionista, una aproximació a l'estudi de l'experiència de malaltia en càncer a partir del treball amb relats narrats. Es realitza una ...

    Identificació de les necessitats de les dones diagnosticades de càncer de mama en diferents períodes des del diagnòstic de la malaltia 

    Jurado Pérez, Rocío (Date of defense: 2016-01-15)

    To carry out an appropriate nursing intervention in women diagnosed of breast cancer, it is necessary to know the needs of this group and to have instruments that allow a reliable and valid assessment of their needs. The ...

    Impacte clínic del càlcul de la dosi absorbida en radioteràpia externa mitjançant un nou algorisme basat en la solució de l'equació de Boltzmann 

    Muñoz Montplet, Carles (Date of defense: 2022-03-01)

    The algorithm for calculating absorbed dose in external radiotherapy Acuros XB (AXB), based on the solution of the Boltzmann equation, has shown to achieve a higher level of accuracy than the preceding convolution/superposition ...

    El Inhibidor de carboxipeptidasa de patata (PCI): un antagonista del EGF con actividad antitumoral 

    Blanco Aparicio, Carmen (Date of defense: 1998-07-17)

    In this work we report that potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor suppresses the growth of several human and mouse pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell lines. The inhibitor also reduces the growth of solid tumors obtained by ...

    Inhibition of sialyltransferases in pancreatic cancer: effects on the EGFR pathway and on the tumour phenotype 

    Miró Domènech, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-01-13)

    Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) presents a dismal prognosis mainly due to its delayed diagnosis, its aggressiveness, and resistance to existing therapies. Aberrant glycosylation and, in particular, the overexpression ...

    Métodos de estadística espacial para evaluar la influencia de factores medioambientales sobre la incidencia y mortalidad por cáncer 

    Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana (Date of defense: 2007-02-16)

    Los objetivos de la tesis son:<br/>1.- Estudiar la relación entre la incidencia y mortalidad por cáncer y los factores medioambientales, en particular la contaminación atmosférica, controlando por factores socioeconómicos.<br/>2.- ...

    Moléculas séricas relacionadas con la fisiopatología del adenocarcinoma pancreático como posibles marcadores tumorales 

    Ferri Iglesias, María José (Date of defense: 2012-09-27)

    Serum levels of several molecules associated to pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) pathophysiology are evaluated in this work, in order to determine their diagnostic value, distinguishing between PDAC patients and healthy ...

    New approaches for the study and treatment of aggressive cancers 

    Polonio Alcalá, Emma (Date of defense: 2023-05-17)

    Although there are therapies for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and epidermal growth factor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (EGFRm NSCLC), these two subtypes of cancer are very aggressive, and most patients develop ...

    New tumour markers for pancreatic cancer based on the altered glycosylation of serum glycoproteins 

    Duran Sidera, Adrià (Date of defense: 2023-11-14)

    Pancreatic cancer (PaC) is the deadliest of all tumours, with a 5-year survival below 12% and a mortality/incidence ratio of 94.5%. One of the main reasons behind this dismal prognosis is the diagnosis of the disease at ...

    Nous factors inflamatoris de la diabetis tipus 2: SP-D, SP-A, a-Defensives i visfatina 

    Chico Julià, Berta (Date of defense: 2009-02-19)

    La DM 2 és una malaltia multifactorial i multigènica. Aquest fet condueix a l'estudi de molts gens i proteïnes susceptibles d'estar implicades amb la DM 2. Algunes d'aquestes proteïnes i gens estan associats a un estat ...

    Nous mecanismes de resistència primària al trastuzumab (Herceptin): bases moleculars per a la determinació d'un nou subtipus de càncer de mama (Basal/ErbB2+) 

    Oliveras Ferrarós, Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-06-21)

    The aim of this doctoral thesis was to unravel mechanisms underlying primary resistance to trastuzumab regarding a putative new breast cancer subtype with mixed basal & ErbB2+ molecular features. Using the JIMT-1 breast ...