Hereditable cancer syndromes
Subtitle: evaluation, treatment and the role of the surgical oncologist
By: guest editor, Morton S. Kahlenberg
Series: Surgical oncology clinics of North America -- v. 18, no. 1; Surgical oncology clinics of North America -- v. 18, no. 1.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781437705478
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Cancer; Genetic aspects; Susceptibility; Neoplasms; Genetics; Hereditary Neoplastic Syndromes; Genetic Counseling; Thyroid Neoplasms; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a; Breast Neoplasms; Skin Neoplasms; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Surgery; Colorectal Neoplasms; Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Neoplasms; Li-Fraumeni Syndrome; Therapy; Von Hippel-Lindau Disease; Neurofibromatoses
Notes: Bibliographical data from publisher's web site

"January 2009."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family Cancer Syndromes : Inherited Deficiencies in Systems for the Maintenance of Genomic Integrity / Huferesh Darbary, Daniel L. Stoler, Garth R. Anderson; title: Genetic Risk Assessment, Counseling and Testing / Theresa A. Rich, Mary Salazar; title: Thyroid Cancer Genetics : Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2, Non-Medullary Familial Thyroid Cancer, and Familial Syndromes Associated with Thyroid Cancer / Melanie L. Richards; title: Genetic Issues in Patients with Breast Cancer / Victoria Sahadevan Fossland, Jennifer B. Stroop, Robin C. Schwartz, Scott H. Kurtzman; title: Management of Familial Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Syndromes / Alfredo A. Santillan, Basil S. Cherpelis, L. Frank Glass, Vernon K. Sondak; title: The recognition and Surgical Management of Heritable Lesions of the Pancreas / Michael P. Kim, Douglas B. Evans, Thuy M. Vu, Jason B. Fleming; title: Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes and the Role of the Surgical Oncologist / Peter A. Learn, Morton S. Kahlenberg; title: Li-Fraumeni Syndrome : The Genetics and Treatment Considerations for the Sarcoma and Associated Neoplasms / Brandi Upton, Quyen Chu, Benjamin D.L. Li; title: Surgical Management of von Hippel-Lindau Disease : Urologic Considerations / Amanda Beth Reed, Dipen J. Parekh; title: Surgical Management of Neurofibromatosis / Colin M. Parsons, Robert J. Canter, Vijay P. Khatri.