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The ultimate guide to caring for and communicating with patients suffering with hereditary cancer syndromes

Providing the essential tools needed to understand clinical cancer genetics, Cancer Genetics: A Clinical Approach builds your mastery of differential diagnosis formulation, all the available genetic testing options at your disposal, interpreting results logically and accurately, and educating patients and their families about effective cancer prevention methods.

This unparalleled resource walks you through the process of effectively and thoughtfully counseling patients-from pre-test counseling and relaying test results to navigating the legal implications of hereditary conditions and coping with the resulting psychological challenges.

Cancer Genetics: A Clinical Approach is ideal for both specialized cancer genetics clinics or any healthcare professional seeking to improve their skills in identifying patients with possible hereditary cancer syndromes and recognizing which ones should be referred to a high-risk/clinical genetics specialty program.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

CHAPTER I: Clinical Cancer Genetics

CHAPTER 2: Risk assessment in the PCP office: identification of patients for referral

CHAPTER 3: Principals of Cancer Risk Assessment and Genetic Counseling

CHAPTER 4: Laboratory Methods in Cancer Genetic Testing

CHAPTER 5: Understanding tumor and genetic test results. Somatic Tumor Testing and Incidental Germline Findings

CHAPTER 6: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management- Breast Cancer

-Disease-specific Cancer Epidemiology

-Disease-specific Approach to Risk Assessment, Counseling and Testing

-Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

-Clinical Management of Patients at Increased Risk

CHAPTER 7: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management- ColonCancer, Polyposis

CHAPTER 8: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management - Colon Cancer, Non-Polyposis

CHAPTER 9: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management - Ovarian Cancer

CHAPTER 10: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management -Uterine Cancer

CHAPTER 11: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management -Pancreatic Cancer

CHAPTER 12: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management -Urinary Tract Cancer

CHAPTER 13: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management -Stomach Cancer

CHAPTER 14: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management - Endocrine Cancer

CHAPTER 15: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management - Skin Cancer

CHAPTER 16: Risk Assessment and Clinical Management - Pediatric and Other Cancers

CHAPTER 17: Psychological, Ethical, and Legal Issues inCancer Risk Assessment and Genetic Testing

CHAPTER 18: Talking to kids of cancer risk

CHAPTER 19: Future challenges and opportunities in cancer genetics