ISBN/ 9780470081501
作者/出版商 Schneider/Wiley-Blackwell
出版年代/版次 2012/ 3
重量:0.7kg 頁數:480 裝訂:平裝 開數:23.5*15.6 印刷:黑白
Description
Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for cancer.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD, XI
PREFACE, XIII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, XV
CHAPTER 1: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY, 1
CHAPTER 2: CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT, 23
CHAPTER 3: CANCER BIOLOGY, 47
CHAPTER 4: HEREDITARY CANCER SYNDROMES, 75
CHAPTER 5: ALL ABOUT BREAST CANCER, 151
CHAPTER 6: ALL ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER, 187
CHAPTER 7: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING CANCER HISTORIES, 221
CHAPTER 8: CANCER RISK COMMUNICATION, 267
CHAPTER 9: GENETIC TESTING AND COUNSELING, 309
CHAPTER 10: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CANCER COUNSELING, 357
CHAPTER 11: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CANCER GENETIC COUNSELING, 409
APPENDIX A: SPECIFIC TUMOR TYPES AND ASSOCIATED SYNDROMES, 445
APPENDIX B: REVIEW OF BASIC PEDIGREE SYMBOLS, 457
INDEX, 459