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Counseling About Cancer : Strategies for Genetic Counseling / Katherine A. Schneider.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 480 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118119891
  • 1118119894
  • 9781118119921
  • 1118119924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Counseling about cancer.DDC classification:
  • 616.99/4042 22
LOC classification:
  • RC268.4 .S355 2012eb
NLM classification:
  • QZ 200
Online resources:
Contents:
Cancer epidemiology -- Cancer detection and treatment -- Cancer biology -- Hereditary cancer syndromes -- All about breast cancer -- All about colorectal cancer -- Cancer family histories -- Cancer risk communication -- Cancer genetic testing -- Psychosocial aspects of cancer counseling -- Ethical issues in cancer counseling.
Summary: Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cancer epidemiology -- Cancer detection and treatment -- Cancer biology -- Hereditary cancer syndromes -- All about breast cancer -- All about colorectal cancer -- Cancer family histories -- Cancer risk communication -- Cancer genetic testing -- Psychosocial aspects of cancer counseling -- Ethical issues in cancer counseling.

Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for.

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