A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics - Shirley Hodgson, William Foulkes, Charis Eng, Eamonn Maher

A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics

Buch | Softcover
410 Seiten
2006 | 3rd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-68563-4 (ISBN)
115,95 inkl. MwSt
This is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. This 2006 edition was fully up-dated with more molecular, screening and management information. It covers risk analysis, predictive testing and genetic counselling for individuals with a family history of cancer.
The 2006 third edition of this very successful book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to the diagnosis and management of inherited disorders conferring susceptibility to cancer. Issues discussed include risk assessment, genetic counselling, predictive testing and organisation of a cancer genetics service. A full reference list gives access to background literature. With molecular information, screening guidelines and management advice, this new edition will provide geneticists and clinicians in all disciplines with an invaluable resource for screening, managing and advising patients.

Shirley Hodgson is Professor of Cancer Genetics at St George's Hospital Medical School. Eamonn Maher is Professor of Medical Genetics and Head of Section of Medical and Molecular Genetics at the University of Birmingham School of Medicine's Institute of Biomedical Research. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Genetics. Charis Eng is Professor and Director of the Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. William Foulkes is the Director of the Program in Cancer Genetics, Departments of Oncology and Human Genetics, and Associate Professor of the Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal.

Part I: 1. Genetic counselling in a familial cancer clinic; Part II. Genetics of Human Cancers by Site of Origin: 2. Central nervous system; 3. Eye; 4. Cardiorespiratory system and thorax; 5. Endocrine system; 6. Gastrointestinal system; 7. Reproductive system; 8. Urinary system; 9. Blood and lymph; 10. Musculoskeletal system; 11. Skin; Part III: 12. Inherited cancer-predisposing syndromes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.12.2006
Zusatzinfo 39 Tables, unspecified; 10 Halftones, unspecified; 1 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 248 mm
Gewicht 825 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Humangenetik
ISBN-10 0-521-68563-X / 052168563X
ISBN-13 978-0-521-68563-4 / 9780521685634
Zustand Neuware
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