Tropical Hemato-Oncology

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, follicularlymphomas, HVC associated marginal zone B-cell lymphomas and Waldenstroem 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.

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• Hematologia
• Medicina tropical
• Oncologia
• Imagiologia médica

Low and intermediate incomes countries;Public health;Tropical hematology;Tropical oncology;Viral carcinogenesis;Radiaton Oncology