Viral and Immunological Malignancies
- ISBN-10
- 1550092561
- ISBN-13
- 9781550092561
- Category
- AIDS (Disease)
- Pages
- 420
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- PMPH-USA
- Author
- Paul Volberding
Description
The precise relationship between viral infection and malignancy remains an epidemiologic association and the subject of active investigation. Nonmalignant hematologic disorders have a similarly complex relationship with cancer-associated viruses and may offer insight into the pathogenesis of oncogenesis. This book explores the relationships between viral infections, immune impairments and the hematologic and malignant diseases, particularly against the backdrop of the HIV epidemic. By extending the scope to all of viral oncology the editors provide an invaluable resource on tumors related to other viruses other than HIV, particularly carcinomas of the cervix and anus with HPV and tumors of the liver with the various hepatitis viruses.
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