This book summarizes the etiology, presentation, and treatment of the complex symptoms, infections, and opportunistic cancers of people living with HIV/AIDS. Presents therapies that strike a balance between controlling and eliminating cancer and minimizing the damage to the immune system. Illustrates points with clear and easily read figures, tables, and flow charts! Written to survey the magnitude of the impact HIV and AIDS have had on public health and oncology, AIDS-Related Cancers and Their Treatment · identifies types of cancer and gives evidence for their associations with immunosuppression · compares and contrasts AIDS-related cancer with non-HIV malignancies · investigates the pathogenesis of malignancy in HIV/AIDS patients · provides guidelines for recognizing possible symptoms and making accurate diagnoses · supplies algorithms for evaluating and staging patients at presentation · outlines potential problems and obstacles in caring for AIDS-related cancer patients · suggests optimal therapeutic approaches for the care of patients with AIDS and cancer · discusses prognostic factors in response to therapy and survival statistics · describes preliminary experience with emerging therapies and projects new approaches · advises how to enroll patients to participate in clinical trials of new therapies · considers the psychological impact on patients and their need for counseling and support · reviews access-to-care issues in AIDS and the community burden of this epidemic · provides information sources for both AIDS patients and their physicians · and more With contributions from nearly 25 clinicians and citing more than 1200 references to support and elaborate on text material, AIDS-Related Cancers and Their Treatment is a crucial reference for oncologists, immunologists, infectious disease specialists, hematologists, internists, microbiologists, virologists, epidemiologists, molecular and cell biologists, pathologists, and medical students in these disciplines.
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The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic was first reported in June 1981 in a brief summary of six cases of a normally rare pulmonary infection, Pneumocystis carinii, in Los Angeles (1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
novo lymphoma, known significant interactions, invasive anal cancer, lymphomatous disease, anal human papillomavirus infection, anal cytology, antiherpes medications, nonhomosexual men, immunosuppressed women, anal disease, liposomal anthracyclines, retroviral research, liposomal daunorubicin, malignant germ cell tumors, zidovudine monotherapy, extranodal disease, tat protein, anal lesions, liposomal doxorubicin, cytological screening, doxorubicin dose, lymphomatous involvement, oral complications, brain lymphomas, primary effusion lymphoma Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Clin Oncol, Ann Intern Med, United States, Infect Dis, New York, Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol, Obstet Gynecol, San Francisco, National Cancer Institute, Int Conf, Possible Possible, Cancer Res, Gynecol Oncol, Nat Med, Natl Cancer Inst, International Conference, National Institutes of Health, Res Hum Retroviruses, Los Angeles, Arch Intern Med, Malignancy Conference, Ann Oncol, Exp Med, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Clin Invest New!
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The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic was first reported in June 1981 in a brief summary of six cases of a normally rare pulmonary infection, Pneumocystis carinii, in Los Angeles (1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
novo lymphoma, known significant interactions, invasive anal cancer, lymphomatous disease, anal human papillomavirus infection, anal cytology, antiherpes medications, nonhomosexual men, immunosuppressed women, anal disease, liposomal anthracyclines, retroviral research, liposomal daunorubicin, malignant germ cell tumors, zidovudine monotherapy, extranodal disease, tat protein, anal lesions, liposomal doxorubicin, cytological screening, doxorubicin dose, lymphomatous involvement, oral complications, brain lymphomas, primary effusion lymphoma Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Clin Oncol, Ann Intern Med, United States, Infect Dis, New York, Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol, Obstet Gynecol, San Francisco, National Cancer Institute, Int Conf, Possible Possible, Cancer Res, Gynecol Oncol, Nat Med, Natl Cancer Inst, International Conference, National Institutes of Health, Res Hum Retroviruses, Los Angeles, Arch Intern Med, Malignancy Conference, Ann Oncol, Exp Med, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Clin Invest New!
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- Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology (Principles & Practice of Pediatric Oncology (Pizzo)) by Philip A. Pizzo on page 251, page 252, and page 253
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (Surgery on File, Vol 2) by Diagram Group in Front Matter
- Cancer of the Prostate (Basic and Clinical Oncology) by S. Das in Front Matter
- Paclitaxel in Cancer Treatment (Basic and Clinical Oncology) by William McGuire in Front Matter
- Principles of Antineoplastic Drug Development and Pharmacology (Basic and Clinical Oncology) by Schilsky in Front Matter
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