Cancer Genetics for the Clinician

Preface. 1. Components of a Genetic Cancer Risk Clinic; J.A. Peters. 2. Genetic Counseling for the Individual with Inherited Cancer Susceptibility; B.B. Biesecker. 3. Estimating Individualized Risk of Breast Cancer; M.H. Gail. 4. Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Continuum of Risk; W. Burke. Testing for Breast Cancer Risk in the Ashkenazim; C. Oddoux. Testing Minors for Inherited Cancer Risk; M.Z. Pelias. 7. The Laboratory Analysis of Cancer Susceptibility Genes - Comprehensive Sequencing of BRCA1 and BRCA2; B.E. Ward. Prophylactic Surgery and Inherited Cancer Predisposition; K.S. Hughes. 9. Chemoprevention of Heritable Cancer Risk; V.G. Vogel. 10. Genetics of Colorectal Cancer: An Updated Review; H.T. Lynch. 11. Insurance Issues in Genetic Testing For Cancer; M.M. Cohen. 12. Ethical and Legal Issues in Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility; J. Botkin.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306461943
• ISBN13: 9780306461941
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"