Nádory adolescentů a mladých dospělých

• Title in English: Tumors of adolescents and young adults
• Authors: BAJČIOVÁ Viera; TOMÁŠEK Jiří; ŠTĚRBA Jaroslav; ADÁMKOVÁ KRÁKOROVÁ Dagmar; BOTHOVÁ Pavla; ELBL Lubomír; FAIT Vuk; FORETOVÁ Lenka; HARTOŠ Viktor; HRSTKOVÁ Hana; KABÍČKOVÁ Edita; KOCÁK Ivo; KOCÁKOVÁ Ilona; KODYTKOVÁ Daniela; KÚTNIKOVÁ Lucia; LOKAJ Petr; MAGNOVÁ Olga; MECHL Zdeněk; MENDELOVÁ Denisa; MIHÁL Vladimír; MÚDRY Peter; MUŽÍK Jan; NĚMEC Jaroslav; PAVELKA Zdeněk; PAVELKOVÁ Kateřina; PETRÁKOVÁ Katarína; REJDOVÁ Ingrid; TESAŘOVÁ Petra; TOUŠOVSKÁ Kateřina; VLČKOVÁ Irena; ZITTERBART Karel
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Monograph
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Description: The book deals specifically with malignant disease in the young generation defined by age 15 to 25 (29) years. It provides a comprehensive look at the epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation and behavior of individual tumors and hematologic malignancies. Emphasis on age-specific differences and summarizes the current knowledge about the biology and pathogenesis of various malignant diseases. It compares only tumors in adolescents with cancer in children, but also with the older generation of adults. The authors pay attention to the psychology of adolescents as a factor that is often very tolerant and will greatly affect the course of treatment. An integral part of the monograph is the issue of supportive treatment and late effects of cancer treatments that can significantly affect quality of life of cancer cured a young man.