Cancers in People with HIV and AIDS Progress and Challenges /

The association between AIDS and cancer was recognized from the beginning ofthe AIDS epidemic, when the appearance of Kaposi sarcoma in a cluster of youngmen was one of the first signs of this new disease. It was soon recognized that AIDSpatients are prone to develop a number of “AIDS-defining” canc...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Yarchoan, Robert. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0859-2
Table of Contents:
  • HIV-associated Cancers: Overview
  • Epidemiology of AIDS-defining Malignancies
  • Epidemiology of non-AIDS Defining Malignancies
  • HIV Cancers in Resource-limited Regions
  • Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV)
  • Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Merkel Cell Polymavirus (MCV)
  • Presentation and Pathogenesis of Kaposi's Sarcoma
  • Management of Kaposi's Sarcoma
  • Presentation and Pathogenesis of HIV Lymphomas
  • Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
  • Burkitt and Burkitt-Like Lymphoma
  • Primary Effusion Lymphoma
  • AIDS-related Central Nervous System Lymphoma
  • Plasmablastic and Other Lymphomas
  • Hodkin Lymphoma
  • Multicentric Castelman Disease
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Anal Cancer
  • Other HPV-Associated Cancers
  • Lung Cancer in HIV Infection
  • Hepattocellular Carcinoma in HIV-positive Patients
  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Other HIV-associated Skin Cancers
  • Conjuctival Carcinoma
  • Malignancies in Children with HIV Infection
  • cART and Supportive Care
  • Stem Cell Transplantation.