Tropical Hemato-Oncology

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Oncology in the Concept of Tropical Medicine: To Be or Not to Be?....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Health Needs of People in Tropical Countries, Growth of Malignant Diseases and Coexistence of Extremes....Pages 9-16
Epidemiology of Cancer in the Tropical Areas....Pages 17-23
Cancer Control in the Tropical Areas, Access to Expensive Treatments, and Ethical Considerations....Pages 25-35
Precarity, Social Organization, and Outcome on Cancer Management in the Tropical Areas....Pages 37-40
Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Tropics....Pages 41-49
Pathology and Cancer Research....Pages 51-54
Transcultural Mediation in the Management of Cancer Patients in the Tropical Area....Pages 55-64
Cancer Clinical Trials in the Tropical Area....Pages 65-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
The Spectrum of Infectious Disease-Related Cancers....Pages 75-81
Epidemiology and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of the Retrovirus HIV....Pages 83-94
Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1: Epidemiological Aspects....Pages 95-102
Epidemiology and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of the Virus HBV....Pages 103-116
Hepatitis Virus Scientific Background: Epidemiology and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)....Pages 117-125
Epidemiology of Epstein-Barr Virus and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis....Pages 127-141
HPV and Cancer: Epidemiology and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of the Virus HPV....Pages 143-156
Human Herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) and Cancers: Scientific Background, Epidemiology, and Carcinogenesis of the Virus....Pages 157-164
Epidemiology and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of Schistosomiasis....Pages 165-170
Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis....Pages 171-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Adult T-Cell Leukaemia/Lymphoma (ATL)....Pages 183-197
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Extranodal NK/T Cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type....Pages 199-212
Diagnosis of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma....Pages 213-221
Burkitt’s Lymphoma: Physiopathology and Treatment of EBV-Associated Lymphomas....Pages 223-231
Mantle Cell Lymphoma....Pages 233-243
Indolent Lymphomas: Follicular Lymphoma, HVC-Associated Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma, and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia....Pages 245-252
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms....Pages 253-267
The Myelodysplastic Syndromes....Pages 269-277
Acute Leukemia....Pages 279-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Breast Cancer....Pages 293-302
Cervical Cancer....Pages 303-314
Cancer of the Oesophagus....Pages 315-322
Gastric Carcinoma in Developing Countries....Pages 323-327
Colorectal Cancer....Pages 329-335
Hepatocellular Carcinoma....Pages 337-347
Cholangiocarcinoma....Pages 349-354
Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 355-361
Lung Cancer....Pages 363-372
Head and Neck Cancers....Pages 373-379
Bladder Cancer: A Perspective for Tropical Regions....Pages 381-385
Prostate Cancer....Pages 387-393
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Renal Cancer....Pages 395-403
Cutaneous Cancers (Including Melanoma)....Pages 405-417
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer....Pages 419-429
Endometrial Cancer....Pages 431-438
Cancer of the Penis, Anus, and Vulva....Pages 439-448
Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases....Pages 449-456
Central Nervous System Tumors....Pages 457-463
Thyroid Cancer....Pages 465-470
Uncommon Cancers....Pages 471-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Cancer in Children....Pages 485-492
Geriatric Oncology....Pages 493-502
Surgery....Pages 503-510
Radiotherapy....Pages 511-518
Medical of Cancer Treatments....Pages 519-539
Cancer and HIV Treatments....Pages 541-548
Supportive Care....Pages 549-556
Palliative Care for People with Haematological Cancers....Pages 557-562
Erratum to: Adult T-Cell Leukaemia/Lymphoma (ATL)....Pages E1-E1