Author : J.-L. Touraine
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400901755
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis Cancer in Transplantation: Prevention and Treatment by : J.-L. Touraine
Download or read book Cancer in Transplantation: Prevention and Treatment written by J.-L. Touraine and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malignancies are frequent complications in organ transplantation, mainly as the result of infection with certain viruses and of long-term immunosuppression. The epidemiology confirms that the increased incidence concerns certain cancers, especially HIV-related skin cancers and EBV-related lymphoproliferative malignancies. This book covers all currently available information on this important topic of the relationships between transplantation and malignancies: preexisting cancers, posttransplant cancers, their etiology and pathophysiology, their prevention and treatment. A significant part of the volume is devoted to prophylaxis, early detection and modern forms of therapy in posttransplant lymphomas. As a conclusion of all these new data, the theory of immunosurveillance deserves to be significantly modified.