A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics

✍ Scribed by Shirley V. Hodgson, William D. Foulkes, Charis Eng, Eamonn R. Maher (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 434
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. It is fully updated with much molecular, screening and management information. It covers risk analysis and genetic counselling for individuals with a family history of cancer. It also discusses predictive testing and the organisation of the cancer genetics service. There is information about the genes causing Mendelian cancer predisposing conditions and their mechanism of action. It aims to provide such details in a practical format for geneticists and clinicians in all disciplines.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Central Nervous System....Pages 1-13
Eye....Pages 15-24
Cardiorespiratory System and Thorax....Pages 25-30
Endocrine System....Pages 31-46
Gastrointestinal System....Pages 47-87
Reproductive System....Pages 89-136
Urinary System....Pages 137-144
Blood and Lymph....Pages 145-165
Musculoskeletal System....Pages 167-176
Skin....Pages 177-217
Inherited Cancer-Predisposing Syndomes....Pages 219-359
Back Matter....Pages 361-420

✦ Subjects

Oncology; Human Genetics; Cancer Research