Tropical Hemato-Oncology
What should you do when you have restricted resources? Written by the most prominent experts from the North and the South countries, this book offers a unique complement to classical hematology and oncology textbooks focusing on specific issues concerning cancers in tropical areas. It presents a tho...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Foreword
- Introductive chapter: The context of tropical Medicine
- PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS
- Geography and socioeconomics of the tropical areas
- Epidemiology of cancer in the tropical areas
- Management of cancers in countries with limited resources
- Access to Expensive drugs and Ethical considerations
- Precarity, social organization and outcome on cancer management in the tropical areas
- Cancer screening and prevention in the tropical areas
- Pathology and cancer research
- Cancer perception in different cultures of the tropical areas ; Cross-cultural mediation
- Cancer clinical trials in the tropical area
- BASIC SCIENCE BACKGROUND
- Spectrum of cancers due to micro-organisms (virus, bacteria, parasites)
- HIV and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the retrovirus HIV
- HTLV1 and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the retrovirus HTLV1
- Hepatitis virus scientific background : Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HBV
- Hepatitis virus scientific background : Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HCV
- EBV and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology of EBV and mechanisms of carcinogenesis
- HPV and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HPV
- HHV8 and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HHV8
- Parasites and cancer: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of schitosoma
- Helicobacter and cancer: Epidemiology of Helicobacter Pylori and mechanisms of carcinogenesis
- HEMOPATHIES
- ATL (lymphoma et leukemia)
- Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type
- High-grade lymphomas: Diffuse large B-cells lymphomas (with a special paragraph on CNS lymphomas)
- High-grade lymphomas: Burkitt lymphoma; Physiopathology and treatment of EBV associated lymphomas
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Indolent lymphomas, follicular lymphomas, HVC associated marginal zone B-cell lymphomas and Waldenström disease
- Chronic myeloproliferative syndroms
- Myelodysplasic syndroms
- Acute leukemias
- CANCERS
- Breast cancer
- Cervix cancer
- Oesophageal cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Hepatocarcinoma
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Pancreas cancer
- Lung cancer
- Head and neck cancers
- Bladder cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Renal cancer
- Cutaneous cancers (including melanoma)
- Ovarian cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Cancer of the penis, anus and vulva
- Gestational trophoblastic tumors
- CNS tumors
- Thyroid cancer
- Uncommon cancers
- CANCER TREATMENT IN TROPICAL AREAS
- Pediatric oncology
- Geriatric oncology
- Surgery
- Radiotherapy
- Medical treatments (chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted drugs)
- HIV and cancer treatments
- Supportive cares
- Palliative cares.