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Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation

Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation presents the state-of-the-art knowledge of cutaneous malignancies following organ transplantation. The life promoting and life enhancing benefits of solid organ transplantation is a major medical advance, but at the cost of the life-long immunosuppression need...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Stockfleth, Eggert. (Editor), Ulrich, Claas. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
Edition:1.
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research, 146
Subjects:
Medicine.
Dermatology.
Oncology.
Surgery.
Medicine & Public Health.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78574-5
Table of Contents:
  • Historical Perspective (Past Present Future)
  • Immunology of organ transplantation and allograft rejection
  • Posttransplant Malignancies
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Heart/lung Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Other Transplants
  • Immunosuppression
  • Introduction and general issues
  • Calcineurin inhibitors
  • MMF/MMS
  • m-TOR Inhibitors
  • Azathioprine
  • Corticosteroids
  • FTY and other new drugs
  • Induction therapies
  • Tolerance induction
  • Skin Immune System
  • Posttransplant Malignancies General Overview
  • Influence of organ and pre-existing disease
  • Epidemiology and Region specific features
  • Europe
  • USA/Canada
  • Australia/Asia
  • Etiological factors in cutaneous carcinogenesis
  • Introduction
  • Photocarcinogenesis - DNA damage
  • UV-induced immunosuppression
  • Mechanisms related to immunosuppressive therapies
  • Oncogenic viruses
  • HPV Epidemiology
  • UV-HPV Interactions
  • HHV 8
  • Molecular pathogenesis of BCC and SCC
  • Genetic basis of melanoma
  • Specific Skin Cancers
  • Non-melanoma Skin Cancer
  • Actinic keratosis
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Malignancies in genitoanal area
  • Malignant Melanoma
  • Rare Skin Cancers
  • Kaposis sarcoma
  • Merkel cell carcinoma
  • Cutaneous lymphomas
  • Prophylaxis and Therapy
  • Prophylaxis and screening pre-transplantation
  • Aftercare - the multi disc-approach
  • Patient education
  • Sunscreens and sun protection
  • Dosage and choice/combination of immunosuppression
  • Surgical interventions
  • Specific management of field cancerisation
  • Destructive management
  • Systemic Chemoprevention
  • Management of metastatic skin cancers in OTR
  • Index.

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