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Inherited susceptibility to cancer : clinical, predictive, and ethical perspectives / edited by William D. Foulkes and Shirley V. Hodgson
Livre
Edited by Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, New York - 1998
The inherited basis of cancer. Screening for cancer in those at high risk as a result of genetic susceptibility. Ethical and legal perspectives on inherited cancer susceptibility. Cancer genetics and public expectations. Genetic counselling. Cancer genetics in primary care. Genetic epidemiologic approaches to finding genes that influence susceptibility to cancer. Mutation detection. Cancers of the digestive system. Cancers of the breast, ovary, and uterus. Cancers of the kidney and urothelium. Cancers of the prostate and testes. The neurofibromatoses and other neuro-oncological syndromes. Malignant melanoma. Non-melanoma skin cancer. Endocrine cancers. Tobacco-related cancers of the respiratory and upper digestive tract. Inherited abnormalities of DNA processing and predisposition to cancer. Childhood cancer. Late-breaking developments.