Malignant Neoplasms in Mozambique

Malignant Neoplasms in Kidney Transplantation

Malignant skin neoplasms.

Skin cancers may be derived from any part of the skin, and the classification of all variants is extensive. Overall they are the most common cancers of the body, and include those that are highly mortal and those that are associated with an increased morbidity. In this review the most common skin cancers confronted by the clinician and their management are discussed. New associations are highli...

Second Malignant Neoplasms Following Radiotherapy

More than half of all cancer patients receive radiotherapy as a part of their treatment. With the increasing number of long-term cancer survivors, there is a growing concern about the risk of radiation induced second malignant neoplasm [SMN]. This risk appears to be highest for survivors of childhood cancers. The exact mechanism and dose-response relationship for radiation induced malignancy is...

Malignant neoplasms following cardiac transplantation.

OBJECTIVE Malignancies have long been recognized as a complication of long lasting immunosuppressive therapy. We reviewed our experience to investigate the incidence and the spectrum of non cutaneous de novo malignant neoplasms. METHODS Between March 1987 and March 1996, 296 patients underwent 303 cardiac transplantation in our service. The population at risk consists of all patients survivin...

Patterns of second malignant neoplasms in children.

A search of the records of 10 pediatric oncology centers revealed 102 children with more than one malignant neoplasm. In this group of 102 patients, all pediatric cancers were seen as initial lesions, but Wilms' tumor and retinoblastoma were over-represented and leukemia and brain tumors underrepresented. Survival variation as well as tumor susceptibility may be responsible for this disproporti...