书目名称 | Cancer Genetics for the Clinician | 编辑 | Gail L. Shaw | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/222/221114/221114.mp4 | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Cancer genetics is a quickly growing field within oncology. Theability to identify individuals at high risk for cancer improves thechance of early prevention and detection of cancer. The results ofgenetic testing affect quality of life, employment, and ability to beinsured. 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 topicscovered include: genetics of breast and ovarian cancer, testing minorsfor inherited cancer risk, chemoprevention of heritable cancer risk,genetics of colorectal cancer, insurance issues in genetic testing forcancer, ethical and legal issues in genetic testing for cancersusceptibility, testing for breast cancer risk in the Ashkenazim,estimating individualized risk of breast cancer, genetic counselingfor the individual with inherited cancer susceptibility, andcomponents of a genetic cancer risk clinic. While heritable cancersaccount for between five and ten percent of all cancer cases,molecular alterations attributable to specific inherited cancersusceptibility may give us important clues into the mechanism by whichcancer occ | 出版日期 | Book 1999 | 关键词 | BRCA; cancer; genetics; ovarian cancer; prevention; research; surgery | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4699-3 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4613-7128-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4615-4699-3 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999 |
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