Background Tuberculosis (TB) may facilitate carcinogenesis. We performed a case-control
study of the association between TB and cancer in Xinjiang, a high TB endemic area of …

All diseases result from our genes and from the environment. This is conventional teaching
for first year medical students: and if the medical school is in Africa it is hard to find a better …

Haematological malignancies (HM) are common clinical conditions encountered in Nigeria.
Patients with haematological cancers are immunocompromised and as such are at risk of …

The developing world, Africa included, is witnessing an alarming upsurge of cancer
incidence. The annual number of new cancer cases is expected to double by 2020 and up to …

Tüberkülozun 1970'li ve 1980'li yıllarda kontrol altına alındığı sanıldı. Bu, Avrupa ve
ABD'deki hastalık epidemiyolojisini esas alan bir yanılgı idi. 1990'lı yıllarda tüberkülozun …

Granulomas are described very rarely in marrow biopsies. They have hardly been reported
in association with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We herein report two cases of ALL …

This chapter addresses key questions about the basis of cancer susceptibility in African
people, as well as the uniqueness of the population genetics and genotype–-phenotype …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and cancer are two major public health problems associated
with significant morbidity and mortality. TB is one of the major causes of death amongst …

Leukemia represents a group of hematological malignancies characterized by clonal
expansion of hematopoietic cells with uncontrolled proliferation, decreased apoptosis and …

Patients with lymphoproliferative disorders have cellular immune deficiency and are
susceptible to typical and atypical mycobacterial infections. Hairy cell leukemia is a B-cell …