Cancer Genetics for the Clinician

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-7128-1 (ISBN)

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Proceedings of the Symposium Cancer Genetics for the Clinician, held March 6-8, 1998, in Clearwater Beach, Florida

Cancer genetics is a quickly growing field within oncology. The ability to identify individuals at high risk for cancer improves the chance of early prevention and detection of cancer. The results of genetic testing affect quality of life, employment, and ability to be insured. This volume will provide an overview of cancer genetics, inherited cancer susceptibility, and available services and testing, including both the risks and benefits of testing. Some of the topics covered include: genetics of breast and ovarian cancer, testing minors for inherited cancer risk, chemoprevention of heritable cancer risk, genetics of colorectal cancer, insurance issues in genetic testing for cancer, ethical and legal issues in genetic testing for cancer susceptibility, testing for breast cancer risk in the Ashkenazim, estimating individualized risk of breast cancer, genetic counseling for the individual with inherited cancer susceptibility, and components of a genetic cancer risk clinic. While heritable cancers account for between five and ten percent of all cancer cases, molecular alterations attributable to specific inherited cancer susceptibility may give us important clues into the mechanism by which cancer occurs, not only in predisposed individuals, but also for sporadic cases.

1. Components of a Genetic Cancer Risk Clinic.- 2. Genetic Counseling for the Individual with Inherited Cancer Susceptibility 27.- 3. Estimating Individualized Risk of Breast Cancer.- 4. Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Continuum of Risk.- 5. Testing for Breast Cancer Risk in the Ashkenazim.- 6. Testing Minors for Inherited Cancer Risk.- 7. The Laboratory Analysis of Cancer Susceptibility Genes: Comprehensive Sequencing of BRCA1 and BRCA2.- 8. Prophylactic Surgery and Inherited Cancer Predisposition.- 9. Chemoprevention and Heritable Cancer Risk.- 10. Genetics of Colorectal Cancer: An Updated Review.- 11. Insurance Issues in Genetic Testing for Cancer.- 12. Ethical and Legal Issues in Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility.

Zusatzinfo	X, 204 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
ISBN-10	1-4613-7128-7 / 1461371287
ISBN-13	978-1-4613-7128-1 / 9781461371281
Zustand	Neuware