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Cancer in Transplantation: Prevention and Treatment
. Ed(S): Touraine, J. L.; Traeger, J.; Betuel, H. (Fondation Marcel Merieux, And Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France); Dubernard, Jean-Michel; Re
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Paperback. Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, 22-24 May 1995 Editor(s): Touraine, J. L.; Traeger, J.; Betuel, H. (Fondation Marcel Merieux, and Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France); Dubernard, Jean-Michel; Revillard, J. P.; Dupuy, C. Series: Transplantation and Clinical Immunology. Num Pages: 356 pages, 58 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJCM; MJR; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Series
Transplantation and Clinical Immunology
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401065634
SKU
V9789401065634
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Reviews for Cancer in Transplantation: Prevention and Treatment
` ...significant amount of new data. The text ... provides interesting data on the epidemiology of malignancies following transplantation, and also on their pathogenesis, management, and potential treatment. In view of the increasing number of patients undergoing transplantation this book is to be welcomed.' Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 13 (1998)