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Counseling About Cancer – Strategies for Genetic Counseling 3e

K Schneider (Autor)

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496 Seiten
2011
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-11992-1 (ISBN)
92,76 inkl. MwSt
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Completely updated presentation of issues related to counseling about cancer, including features of the major hereditary cancer syndromes Five completely new chapters Pedigrees illustrate the features of cancer syndromes as well as other family issues Detailed case examples illustrate the main teaching points of each chapter.
Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for cancer.

Katherine Schneider received her Master's Degree in Public Health from Yale University School of Medicine in 1986 and was certified as a genetic counselor by the American Board of Medical Genetics in 1987. She has almost 20 years' experience as a genetic counselor and has been a cancer genetic counselor for the past 13 years. She is currently the Senior Genetic Counselor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA, which has active high risk clinics and predictive testing programs.

FOREWORD, XI PREFACE, XIII ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, XV CHAPTER 1: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY, 1 CHAPTER 2: CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT, 23 CHAPTER 3: CANCER BIOLOGY, 47 CHAPTER 4: HEREDITARY CANCER SYNDROMES, 75 CHAPTER 5: ALL ABOUT BREAST CANCER, 151 CHAPTER 6: ALL ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER, 187 CHAPTER 7: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING CANCER HISTORIES, 221 CHAPTER 8: CANCER RISK COMMUNICATION, 267 CHAPTER 9: GENETIC TESTING AND COUNSELING, 309 CHAPTER 10: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CANCER COUNSELING, 357 CHAPTER 11: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CANCER GENETIC COUNSELING, 409 APPENDIX A: SPECIFIC TUMOR TYPES AND ASSOCIATED SYNDROMES, 445 APPENDIX B: REVIEW OF BASIC PEDIGREE SYMBOLS, 457 INDEX, 459

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.11.2011
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 250 mm
Gewicht 666 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
ISBN-10 1-118-11992-4 / 1118119924
ISBN-13 978-1-118-11992-1 / 9781118119921
Zustand Neuware
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