A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics - 4th Edition by Shirley V Hodgson & William D Foulkes & Charis Eng & Eamonn R Maher (Paperback)

About the Book

This comprehensive, up-to-date guide covers diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. Includes risk analysis, genetic counselling, predictive testing and organisation of the cancer genetics service.

Book Synopsis

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. It is fully updated with much molecular, screening and management information. It covers risk analysis and genetic counselling for individuals with a family history of cancer. It also discusses predictive testing and the organisation of the cancer genetics service. There is information about the genes causing Mendelian cancer predisposing conditions and their mechanism of action. It aims to provide such details in a practical format for geneticists and clinicians in all disciplines.

From the Back Cover

A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics, 4th edition, is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. This fully updated new edition covers risk analysis and genetic counseling for individuals with a family history of cancer, and includes a discussion of predictive testing and the organisation of the cancer genetics service. There is also information about the genes causing Mendelian cancer predisposing conditions and their mechanisms of action.

This book is an invaluable reference source for students, general practitioners, geneticists and specialist clinicians in all disciplines.

Review Quotes

"Cancer genetics is an established part of clinical medicine, and this development can be followed through the different editions of this classical textbook. ... For the clinical specialist in genetics or any other specialty meeting cancer patients and their family members, or for the resident, this textbook is useful as a first source ... . I will strongly recommend this book to those who meet patients who ask questions about the heritability of the cancer in their family ... ." (U. Kristoffersson, European Journal of Human Genetics, 2015)