Genetics and Cancer: A Second Look (Cancer Surveys: Advances & Prospects in Clinical, Epidemiological & Laboratory Oncology): v. 25 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879694696 ISBN 13: 9780879694692

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

An update of cancer genetics now that many of the genes responsible for the major dominant inherited cancer syndromes have been cloned and identified through mutation detection, the research has been driven into cell biology and protein biochemistry and structure, and the resulting health care has become sophisticated enough to generate ethical debates. The topics include the genetic epidemiology of cancer, genomic imprinting, programmed cell death, and the molecular genetics of several types of cancer. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

This volume examines genetics and cancer, looking at the prospects for cancer genetics. It discusses the molecular genetics of various cancers, including lung cancer, breast cancer and malignant melanoma, and examines ethical, social and counselling issues in hereditary cancer susceptibility.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879694696
• ISBN 13: 9780879694692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 410
• Editor: Ponder B. A. J., Cavenee W., Solomon E.