Introduction
and Fabiana Gatti de Menezes2 (1) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (2) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil List of tables Table 1.1 Drop-out rates in patients with hematological diseases among 2214 evaluable cases diagnosed…
Background of Drug Interactions
and Fabiana Gatti de Menezes2 (1) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (2) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil List of tables Table 4.1 Pharmacokinetic interactions Table 4.2 Pharmacodynamic interactions Table 4.3 Chemotherapy and…
The Main Protocols in Pediatric Oncohematology
and Fabiana Gatti de Menezes2 (1) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (2) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil The protocols cited here are for quick reference, not dispensing the full study of each protocol before…
Drug – Food Interactions
and Fabiana Gatti de Menezes2 (1) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (2) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil List of tables Table 5.1 Drug interactions involving St. John’s wort and chemotherapy Table 5.2 Drug…
The Main Diseases in Pediatric Hemato-oncology
and Fabiana Gatti de Menezes2 (1) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (2) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil List of tables Table 2.1 Types of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Characteristics Table 2.2 Types of…
Access to Systemic Anticancer Treatment and Radiotherapy Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fig. 13.1 Example of treatment pathway in cancer 13.2 Access to Cancer Care Access to cancer services although generally poor, is variable across the region. Barriers to access could be…
Gastrointestinal Cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fig. 9.1 Number of new gastrointestinal cancers in SSA and the world in 2012 and projected increase by 2030 (IARC 2016) Sub-Saharan cancer statistic estimates are limited by the lack…
Infection-Related Cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Number of new cases Number attributable to infection Attribute fraction (%) Worldwide 14,000,000 2,200,000 15.4 Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 630,000 200,000 31.3 North Africa and west Asia 540,000 70,000 13.1…
Palliative Services: Provision, Accessibility, Future
Fig. 15.1 Reach of Palliative care in Africa. Courtesy Anne Merriman, Hospice Africa Uganda, 2016 The program has an English, French and bilingual teams but also intervenes in countries with…
Epidemiology of Cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fig. 1.1 Age-standardised cancer incidence and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa by gender (Ferlay et al. 2013) 1.2.1 Males Prostate cancer accounted for the highest estimated number of cancer cases…
