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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Droz, Jean-Pierre (Editor ), Carme, Bernard (Editor ), Couppié, Pierre (Editor ), Nacher, Mathieu (Editor ), Thiéblemont, Catherine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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.