Familial breast and ovarian cancer : genetics, screening, and management /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge : New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Overview of the clinical genetics of breast cancer
- Cowden syndrome and related disorders
- Overview of the clinical genetics of ovarian cancer
- Ovarian and breast cancer as part of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and other hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes
- The natural history of hereditary breast cancer
- Pathology of the breast and ovary in mutation carriers
- Risk elimination for familial breast and ovarian cancer
- Developing a cancer genetics service : a Welsh model
- Referral criteria for cancer genetics clinics
- Guidelines for the development of cancer genetics services
- Cultural and educational aspects influencing the development of cancer genetics services in European countries
- Screening, detection and survival patterns of breast and other cancers in high-risk families
- Screening for familial ovarian cancer
- Management of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers
- Management of familial ovarian cancer
- Prophylactic mastectomy in mutation carriers
- Psychosocial aspects of genetic counselling for breast and ovarian cancer
- BRCA1/2 testing : uptake and its measurement
- Breast cancer genetics : ethical, social and insurance issues
- Gene therapy for breast and ovarian cancer
- Future directions