Pediatric Cancer in Africa (eBook)

A Case-Based Guide to Diagnosis and Management

Daniela Cristina Stefan, Mhamed Harif (Autoren)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XVII, 408 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-17936-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This text is the only book of its kind to provide specific guidance applicable to limited resource settings and builds up from the foundation of general practitioner or general pediatrician competence. Written and edited by leaders in the field, this manual educates physicians on the essential components of the discipline, filtered through the experience of specialists from developing countries, with immediate applicability in the specific healthcare environment in these countries. Typically, manuals of pediatric hematology-oncology are written by specialists from high-income countries, and usually target an audience with a sub-specialist level of training, often assisted by cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment facilities. However, approximately 80% of new cases of cancer in children appear in mid- and low-income countries. Almost invariably, general practitioners or general pediatricians without special training in oncology will look after children with malignancies who enter the health care system in these countries. The diagnostic facilities are usually limited, as are the treatment options. The survival figures in these conditions are somewhere below 20%, while in high-income countries they are in the range of 80% for many childhood cancers. This book includes simplified therapy protocols, pain therapy and palliation, as well as ward procedures such as bone marrow aspiration/biopsies, intravenous therapy and chemotherapy drugs mixing. It provides an overview of pediatric cancer epidemiology, cancer registration and organizing support networks and features the management of cancers with associated pathology like AIDS, malnutrition, malaria and tuberculosis.

Daniela Cristina Stefan MD, PhD

Stellenbosch University

Cape Town, South Africa

Mhamed Harif, MD

University Hospital Mohammed VI

Marrakech, Morocco

Inhalt

Table
of Contents     

Pediatric cancer in
Africa- a case based guide to diagnosis and management

Editors:
C. Stefan & M. Harif



 



 

 


Epidemiology/etiology  of childhood cancer


 

2.
 Early
Warning Signs and Diagnostic Approach in Childhood Cancer

 

3. Cancer Registries and
the Value of a Dedicated Pediatric Registry in Africa

4.  Organization of Care for Children with Cancer in Africa

 

5.  Hematological and Oncological
Emergencies

 

6.  Solid
Tumors - Osteosarcoma

 

7.  Ewing
Sarcoma

 

8.  Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor)

 

9.  Hepatoblastoma

 

10.  Retinoblastoma

 

11. 
Neuroblastoma

 

12. 
Germ Cell Tumors

 

13. 
Hodgkin Lymphoma

 

14. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

 

15. Acute Leukemia

 

16. Chronic Leukemias in Children

 

17. 
Tumors of the Central Nervous System

 

18. 
Rare Childhood Cancers

 

19.  HIV-Related Malignancies

 

20.  Characteristics of Cancers in the Neonatal
Period

 

21.  Cancers in Adolescence

 

22.  Cancer Chemotherapy

 

23. 
Febrile Neutropenia

 

24.  Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Oncology

 

25.  Nutrition for Children with Cancer in Africa

 

26.  Pain in Pediatric Oncology

 

27.  Nursing Care Principles in Pediatric Oncology

 

28.  Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting

 

29.  Patient Support Groups

 

30.  Research and Ethics in Pediatric Oncology

 

31.  Health Economics

 

32.  Developing Support Network in Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.2.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 408 p. 129 illus., 82 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Schlagworte: Hematology • Oncology • Pediatric Cancer • pediatric oncology • Pediatrics
• ISBN-10: 3-319-17936-5 / 3319179365
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-17936-0 / 9783319179360