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Cancer Principles and Practice of
Oncology: Handbook of Clinical Cancer
Genetics
By
Ellen T. Matloff, M.S., C.G.C.
, Research Scientist in Genetics;
Director, Cancer Genetic Counseling, Yale University School of
Medicine Department of Genetics, New Haven, CT
Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4511-9098-4 / ($49.99 / £32.50 / €38.00) Worldwide
Approx. 208 pp. / Approx. 6 Illus. / Approx. 6 2-Color Illus. / Approx. 35 Tables / 6 x 9 / May 2013
Description
Genetic testing and counseling for cancer have made great
strides in recent years. The popular demand for advanced
screening, advances in testing, and the response of insurance
companies and corporations have all served to shape this im-
portant area of cancer risk management.
This practical, user-friendly guidebook allows you to search by disease site for the hereditary cancer
syndromes relevant to your patient’s cancer. This handy resource will help you formulate questions
when expanding that patient’s personal and family history, identify the genes that are most relevant,
determine whether to refer that patient for genetic counseling and testing, and guide the patient’s
long-term management based on the patient’s mutation-positive or -negative status. The guidebook
will be of equal value to the practicing oncologist, surgeon, urologist, endocrinologist, gynecolo-
gist, primary care physician, physician’s assistant, advanced practice nurse, and any other clinician
counseling a patient who has had cancer.
FEATURES
Informative overview
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summarizes the history and current state of genetic cancer testing.
Site-specific chapters
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help you locate essential facts quickly.
Expert contributors
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share their years of experience in genetic testing and counseling.
Timely insights
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address key medical, ethical, legal, and financial implications of genetic cancer
testing.
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