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Inherited Cancer Syndromes gives a clinical overview of the difficult aspect of cancer patient care.
The chapters on syndromes are divided by type of cancer, and each includes discussion of risk assessment, indications for genetic testing, interpretation of test results, and integration into clinical management of risk estimates a results of genetic testing. The chapter on breast cancer also provides an insightful discussion of surrogate endpoint markers. Each syndrome of susceptibility to polyposis and nonpolyposis colon cancer is described, with algorithms as to when genetic testing is indicated, guidelines for prevention and management follow. This book provides the knowledge base needed for most physicians to incorporate the principles of inherited susceptibility to cancer and genetic testing properly into their practices.
