Global Perspectives on Cancer
Praeger Publishers Inc
978-1-4408-2857-7 (ISBN)
Despite advancing globalization and amazing breakthroughs in modern medicine, developing countries continue to struggle with the prevention and treatment of the most common killer in the world today—cancer. Logistical barriers, scarceness of resources, and economic hardships in these regions make the screening, detection, and care of this disease difficult at best.
This book is the only one of its kind to review the pandemic of cancer from a global and epidemiological perspective. The work is presented in three sections, focusing on key issues in cancer management, treatment of specific types of the disease, and the difference in medical care between low-, medium-, and high-resource countries. Chapters address the history, incidence, and treatment across nations; presiding cultural attitudes which may delay or prevent treatment in many parts of the world; and the geopolitics of cancer care and funding. Patients and caregivers from all around the globe explain the daily challenges of living with the disease in their nation.
Kenneth D. Miller, MD, is a medical oncologist at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Miklos Simon, MD, is a medical oncologist at Compass Oncology, Portland, OR.
Foreword
Sandra M. Swain
Acknowledgments
PART I. TYPES OF CANCER
1. Head and Neck Cancer
Franklin W. Huang and Lori J. Wirth
2. Global Breast Cancer Care: Disparities and Challenges
Kenneth D. Miller, Tamna Wangjam, Cara Miller, and Bella Nadler
3. Lung Cancer: Challenges and Progress
Christopher S. Lathan, Kenneth D. Miller, Harleen Chahil, Rahul Gosain, and Amitoj S. Gill
4. Mesothelioma: Increasing Incidence
Jonathan Daniel
5. Colorectal Cancer
James J. Lee, Tae W. Kim, and Edward Chu
6. Esophageal Cancer
Radu Pescarus and Christy M. Dunst
7. Gastric Cancer
Han-Kwang Yang, Erin Gilbert, and John G. Hunter
8. Liver Cancer
Kinsey A. McCormick, Manoj P. Menon, and William P. Harris
9. Gynecologic Cancers
Linus Chuang, Tania Sierra, Xiaohua Wu, and Fredric V. Price
10. Lymphoma
Potjana Jitawatanarat and Francisco J. Hernandez-Ilizaliturri
11. Genitourinary Cancers
Matthew M. Cooney, Gregory MacLennan, and Fred Okuku
12. Pediatric Cancer
Aziza Shad, Luca Szalontay, and Miya Shitama
13. Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Aman Opneja, Rohit Gosain, Fred Okuku, and Kenneth D. Miller
PART II. CANCERS BY COUNTRY OR REGION
14. Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates: An Overview of Breast Cancer
Rola Shaheen
15. Cancer in Argentina
Eduardo Cazap
16. Bhutan
Tashi Dendup Wangdi
17. Cancer Care in Canada
Rahul Gosain, Amitoj S. Gill, and Kenneth D. Miller
18. Cancer Care in China
Xinsheng Michael Liao
19. Central and Eastern Europe
György Bodoky and Ágota Petrányi
20. Egypt
Emad Shash and Mohamed Amgad
21. Honduras
José A. Sánchez
22. India
Rohit Jain and Rutika Mehta
23. Jordan
Fadwa Ali Attiga, Maysa M. Abu-Khalaf, and Hikmat Abdel-Razeq
24. Lebanon
Katia E. Khoury, Hussein A. Assi, and Nagi S. El Saghir
25. Morocco
Zineb Benbrahim
26. Pakistan
Sheheryar Kairas Kabraji and Nehal Masood
27. South Africa
Lydia Dreosti
28. Tunisia
Yazid Belkacemi and Hamouda Boussen
29. Cancer Care in the United States: Progress and Challenges
Amitoj S. Gill, Rahul Gosain, Rekha Chandran, Bella Nadler, Miklos Simon, Cara Miller, and Kenneth D. Miller
30. West Africa
Verna D.N.K. Vanderpuye, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, and Pippa Newell
31. Western Europe
Dirk Schrijvers
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.2.2015 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Sandra M. Swain |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 bw illus |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1644 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4408-2857-1 / 1440828571 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-2857-7 / 9781440828577 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
