Introduction -- Foreword -- Introductive chapter: The context of tropical Medicine -- PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS -- Geography and socioeconomics of the tropical areas -- Epidemiology of cancer in the tropical areas -- Management of cancers in countries with limited resources -- Access to Expensive drugs and Ethical considerations -- Precarity, social organization and outcome on cancer management in the tropical areas -- Cancer screening and prevention in the tropical areas -- Pathology and cancer research -- Cancer perception in different cultures of the tropical areas  ; Cross-cultural mediation -- Cancer clinical trials in the tropical area -- BASIC SCIENCE BACKGROUND -- Spectrum of cancers due to micro-organisms (virus, bacteria, parasites) -- HIV and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the retrovirus HIV -- HTLV1 and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the retrovirus HTLV1 -- Hepatitis virus scientific background : Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HBV -- Hepatitis virus scientific background : Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HCV -- EBV and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology of EBV and mechanisms of carcinogenesis -- HPV and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HPV -- HHV8 and cancer; scientific background: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of the virus HHV8 -- Parasites and cancer: Epidemiology and mechanism of carcinogenesis of schitosoma -- Helicobacter and cancer: Epidemiology of Helicobacter Pylori and mechanisms of carcinogenesis -- HEMOPATHIES -- ATL (lymphoma et leukemia) -- Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type -- High-grade lymphomas: Diffuse large B-cells lymphomas (with a special paragraph on CNS lymphomas) -- High-grade lymphomas: Burkitt lymphoma; Physiopathology and treatment of EBV associated lymphomas -- Mantle cell lymphoma -- Indolent lymphomas, follicularlymphomas, HVC associated marginal zone B-cell lymphomas and Waldenström disease -- Chronic myeloproliferative syndroms -- Myelodysplasic syndroms -- Acute leukemias -- CANCERS -- Breast cancer -- Cervix cancer -- Oesophageal cancer -- Gastric cancer -- Colorectal cancer -- Hepatocarcinoma -- Cholangiocarcinoma -- Pancreas cancer -- Lung cancer -- Head and neck cancers -- Bladder cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Renal cancer -- Cutaneous cancers (including melanoma) -- Ovarian cancer -- Endometrial cancer -- Cancer of the penis, anus and vulva -- Gestational trophoblastic tumors -- CNS tumors -- Thyroid cancer -- Uncommon cancers -- CANCER TREATMENT IN TROPICAL AREAS -- Pediatric oncology -- Geriatric oncology -- Surgery -- Radiotherapy -- Medical treatments (chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted drugs) -- HIV and cancer treatments -- Supportive cares -- Palliative cares.