Hereditary gynecologic cancer
Subtitle: risk, prevention, and management
By: edited by Karen H. Lu.
Contributors: Lu, Karen H.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781420052879
Subjects: Generative organs, Female -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects; Genital Neoplasms, Female -- genetics; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Genital Neoplasms, Female -- prevention & control; Genital Neoplasms, Female -- therapy; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clinical relevance of hereditary ovarian cancer / Johnathan M. Lancaster; title: Clinical relevance of hereditary endometrial cancer / Karen H. Lu; title: Pathology of BRCA-associated ovarian cancers, including occult cancers / Elke A. Jarboe ... [et al.]; title: Ovarian cancer screening / Ilana Cass; title: Current concepts in chemoprevention of ovarian cancer / Mack N. Barnes; title: Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy for the prevention of inherited breast and ovarian cancer / Sharyn N. Lewin and Noah D. Kauff; title: Risk management of hereditary breast cancer / Banu Arun; title: Management of BRCA mutation-negative patients / David J. Gallagher and Noah D. Kauff; title: Therapy and prognosis of BRCA-associated ovarian cancer / Christina S. Chu  and Stephen C. Rubin; title: Molecular genetics and cancer risks in Lynch syndrome / Eamon Sheridan; title: Pathology of Lynch syndrome-associated gynecological cancers / Russell R. Broaddus; title: Endometrial and ovarian cancer screening and prevention in women with Lynch syndrome / Lee-may Chen; title: Colon cancer and other Lynch cancers : screening and prevention / Thuy M. Vu and Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas; title: Endometrial and ovarian cancer risk-reducing surgery in women with Lynch syndrome / Kathleen M. Schmeler and Henry T. Lynch; title: Other syndromes / Christine S. Walsh and Louise C. Strong; title: Genetic risk assessment for hereditary ovarian cancer : BRCA1 and BRCA2 / Sheri A. Babb; title: Genetic risk assessment for hereditary endometrial cancer : Lynch syndrome / Molly S. Daniels; title: Legal aspects of genetic testings / Patrick M. Lynch and Kate M. Kraycirik; title: Psychologic impact of genetic counseling and testing for hereditery gynecologic cancers / Susan K. Peterson.