ETIOLOGY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS

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...

Malignant Neoplasms in Kidney Transplantation

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...

[Malignant neoplasms of the thyroid gland].

1. This Statement of Principles is determined by the Repatriation Medical Authority under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act). Kind of injury, disease or death 2. (a) This Statement of Principles is about malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland and death from malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland. (b) For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, “malignant...