Carcinoma in Developing Countries

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7. Wabinga H (2002) Comparison of immunohistochemical and modified Giemsa stains for demonstration of Helicobacter pylori infection in an African population. Afr Health Sci 2(2):52–55PubMedCentralPubMed 8. Mabula JB, McHembe MD,…

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of the Oesophagus

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T – tumour N – node M – metastases Tx Primary tumour cannot be assessed Nx Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed M0 No distant metastasis T0 No evidence of…

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Leukemia

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Induction (two-drug), for 1 month  Vincristine 1.5 mg/m2 per dosea, days 1, 8, 15, and 22  Prednisolone 40–60 mg/m2 per day, for 28 days  l-asparaginase (if available) 6,000 U/m2 per…

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Myelodysplastic Syndromes

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Entity Dysplasia Peripheral blasts Bone marrow blasts Ringed sideroblasts Cytogenetics 5q − syndrome Mostly DysE <1 % <5 % <15 % 5q − sole RA, RN,RT, RCUD DysE, N, T <1 % <5 %…

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Neoplasms

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ET essential thrombocythemia, PMF primary myelofibrosis, PV polycythemia vera, CML chronic myelogenous leukemia. Other = chronic neutrophilic leukemia; chronic eosoniphilic leukemia not other categorized; mastocytosis; and MPNs, unclassified All MPNs have one…

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Lymphomas: Follicular Lymphoma, HVC-Associated Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma, and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia

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Complete blood counts Serum beta2-microglobulin Serum albumin Serum protein electrophoresis Quantification of IgG, IgA, and IgM Serum and urine immunofixation Bone marrow biopsy and immunophenotypic studies CT scan of the…

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of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jean-Pierre Droz, Bernard Carme, Pierre Couppié, Mathieu Nacher and Catherine Thiéblemont (eds.)Tropical Hemato-Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-18257-5_22 Diagnosis of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Kikkeri Naresh1  , Martine Raphaël2  , Elisabeth Auberger3 and Jessie Githanga4 (1) Department of Pathology, The Hammersmith Hospital/Imperial College,…

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Screening and Prevention in the Tropics

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Fig. 1 Age-standardized incidence of cancer (all sites) in different tropical areas in 2008 Fig. 2 Age-standardized incidence of selected types of cancer in different tropical areas in 2008 For…

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