Cancer in Children: Clinical Management

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Aetiology and Epidemiology....Pages 3-11
Oncogenes and Chromosomal Aberrations....Pages 12-20
Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy in Children....Pages 21-35
Cytokines....Pages 36-41
Radiation Therapy....Pages 42-50
Surgical Oncology in Children....Pages 51-58
Infections in Immunocompromised Children....Pages 59-70
Delayed Consequences of Therapy....Pages 71-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia....Pages 85-106
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia....Pages 107-121
Chronic Leukaemia....Pages 122-127
Malignant B-Cell Lymphoma of Childhood....Pages 128-140
Malignant T-Cell and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas....Pages 141-149
Hodgkin’s Disease....Pages 150-161
Current Concepts and Treatment of Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis....Pages 162-172
Germ Cell Tumours....Pages 173-183
Tumours of the Central Nervous System....Pages 184-206
Tumours of the Eye and Orbit....Pages 207-225
Tumours of the Sympathetic Nervous System: Neuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroma and Phaeochromocytoma....Pages 226-243
Tumours of the Kidney....Pages 244-255
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Liver Tumours....Pages 256-268
Tumours of the Endocrine Glands....Pages 269-281
Osteosarcoma and Chondrosarcoma....Pages 282-294
Ewing’s Sarcoma....Pages 295-313
Rhabdomyosarcoma....Pages 314-324
Malignant Mesenchymal Tumours....Pages 325-328
Skin Tumours....Pages 329-338
Carcinomas and Other Rare Tumours....Pages 339-352
Back Matter....Pages 353-365