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The second edition of Inherited Cancer Syndromes incorporates new genetic markers data with the clinical utility and practicality of the first edition. 'Inherited Cancer Syndromes was specifically designed to educate physicians and health care workers about the genetic aspects, in the clinical setting, of inherited syndromes of cancer. The first half of the book addresses general issues such as the assessment of inherited risk, genetic counseling, and the ethical and legal issues raised by genetic testing. The second half reviews cancer-specific inherited risk and the individual cancer syndromes. This book provides the knowledge base needed for most physicians to incorporate the principles of inherited susceptibility to cancer and genetic testing properly into their practices. It is highly recommended, since many physicians and health care workers have not been trained in this area, which has become an established part of clinical medicine.' NEJM, Vol 351:2137-2138 November 11, 2004 No 20
List of contents
Using Genetic Information.- Genetic Counseling.- An Ethos of Genetic Testing.- Hereditary Breast Cancer Syndromes.- Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes.- Familial Colorectal Cancer Type X.- The Familial Atypical Multiple Mole melanoma (FAMMM) - Pancreatic Carcinoma (PC) Syndrome.- Desmoid Disease.- Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer .- Hereditary Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
About the author
C. Neal Ellis, MDProfessor of SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of South Alabama Medical CenterMobile, AL 36617, USA
Summary
The second edition of Inherited Cancer Syndromes incorporates new genetic markers data with the clinical utility and practicality of the first edition.
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From the reviews of the second edition:
“This informative introduction to hereditary cancer syndromes is entirely appropriate for physicians and other clinicians who are not geneticists. It provides a thorough overview of hereditary cancer, detailing the core principles of cancer syndromes, which is extremely useful … in medicine today. … The book is intended for physicians … in genetics and hereditary cancer. … a much-needed overview of cancer syndromes for clinicians practicing outside the realm of hereditary cancer.” (Heather H. Wetzel, Doody’s Review Service, February, 2011)
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From the reviews of the second edition:
"This informative introduction to hereditary cancer syndromes is entirely appropriate for physicians and other clinicians who are not geneticists. It provides a thorough overview of hereditary cancer, detailing the core principles of cancer syndromes, which is extremely useful ... in medicine today. ... The book is intended for physicians ... in genetics and hereditary cancer. ... a much-needed overview of cancer syndromes for clinicians practicing outside the realm of hereditary cancer." (Heather H. Wetzel, Doody's Review Service, February, 2011)
