Overview
- Covers genetic susceptibility to gastric cancer, ethical issues related to cancer genetics, the role of common variants in the development of breast cancer, novel genetic findings related to neuroblastoma, and the role of constitutively decreased TGF-beta signaling
- The impact of genetics and its role in several cancers is becoming more defined
- A review of these biological relationships is covered by a panel of distinguished researchers and clinicians in their respective areas of research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 155)
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Reviews
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“This is a slim, handy book with 5 chapters of 112 pages, including the index. … appeal to a broad audience, whether expert or generalist, trainee or experienced … Cancer Genetics provides the fundamental principles of evidence-based translational human genetics as well as the basic knowledge to judge for oneself the who, what, when, where, why, and how of cancer genetics and genomics as relevant to clinical practice.” (Charis Eng, Journal of the American Medical Association, June, 2011)
“Provides comprehensive information on several selected topics … covered by recent cancer genetics field. … highly recommended to all with interest in the genetic components of cancer, mainly those of breast, gastric and colorectal, as well as pediatric cancers. … frame of specific cancer type may be interesting also for more broad range of readers. … The outline of challenges in understanding how … acquired somatic alterations in the tumor genome interact to exact phenotypic differences in cancer makes reading of this tiny book exciting.” (Z. Bartosova, Neoplasma, March, 2011)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cancer Genetics
Editors: Boris Pasche
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6033-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6032-0Published: 21 June 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2615-8Published: 05 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6033-7Published: 02 June 2010
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 112
Topics: Oncology, Cancer Research, Human Genetics