Cancer Principles and Practice of Oncology: Handbook of Clinical Cancer Genetics handbook of clinical cancer genetics

• Main Author: Matloff, Ellen T.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013
• Subjects: Genetic Counseling; Genetic Testing; Neoplasms > genetics; Neoplasms > prevention & control
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Genetic testing and counseling for cancer have made great strides in recent years. The popular demand for advanced screening, advances in testing, and the response of insurance companies and corporations have all served to shape this important area of cancer risk management.This practical, user-frie...

Table of Contents:

• Cancer genetic counseling / Ellen Matloff
• Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing in hereditary cancer : impact on genetic testing and counseling / Julianne M. O'Daniel, Kristy Lee
• Direct-to-consumer personal genome testing and cancer risk prediction / Cecelia A. Bellcross, Patricia Z. Page, Dana Meaney-Delman
• Adverse events in cancer genetic testing : medical, ethical, legal, and financial implications / Karina L. Brierley ... [et al.]
• Genetic testing by cancer site : breast / Kristen M. Shannon, Anu Chittenden
• Genetic testing by cancer site : ovary / Scott M.Weissman, Anna Newlin Shelly Weiss
• Genetic testing by cancer site : colon (polyposis syndromes) / Kory Jasperson
• Genetic testing by cancer site : colon (non-polyposis syndromes) / Leigha Senter
• Genetic testing by cancer site : uterus / Molly S. Daniels
• Genetic testing by cancer site : urinary tract / Gayun Chan-Smutko
• Genetic testing by cancer site : pancreas / Jennifer S. Axilbund, Elizabeth A. Wiley
• Genetic testing by cancer site : stomach / Nicolette M. Chun, James Ford
• Genetic testing by cancer site : endocrine system / Robert Pilarski, Rebecca Nagy
• Genetic testing by cancer site : skin / Michele Gabree, Meredit.