Hereditary tumors [[electronic resource] ] : from genes to clinical consequences / / edited by Heike Allgayer, Helga Rehder and Simone Fulda

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (562 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.994042
• Soggetto topico: Tumors - Genetic aspects; Cancer - Genetic aspects
• Altri autori: AllgayerH <1969-> (Heike) RehderHelga FuldaSimone
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Hereditary Tumors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Part I Hereditary Tumors - General Aspects; 1 General Insights Into Tumor Invasion, Progression, and Metastasis; 2 The Genetic Background of Hereditary Tumor Diseases; Part II Syndromal Types of Hereditary Tumors; 3 Family Cancer Syndromes; 4 Genetic Dysmorphic Syndromes Leading to Tumorigenesis; Part III Site-Specific Aspects of Hereditary Tumors; 5 Hereditary Brain Tumors; 6 Neurofibromatosis; 7 Retinoblastoma: The Prototypic Hereditary Tumor; 8 Hereditary Cancer in the Head and Neck ; 9 Hereditary Medullary and Familial Non-Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma10 Lung Tumors; 11 Hereditary Breast Cancer; 12 Hereditary Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer; 13 Prostate Cancer; 14 Wilms and Rhabdoid Tumors of the Kidney; 15 Hereditary Renal Tumors of the Adult; 16 Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes; 17 Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC); 18 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs); 19 Hereditary Gastric Cancer; 20 Pancreatic Cancer; 21 Liver Tumors; 22 DNA-Repair Deficiency and Cancer: Lessons from Lymphoma; 23 Familial Leukemias; 24 Malignant Melanoma ; 25 Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne Syndrome, Trichothiodystrophy - Defects in DNA Repair and Carcinogenesis26 Hereditary Tumors in Children; 27 Sarcomas and Bone Tumors in Adulthood; Part IV Genetic Counseling, Psycho-Oncology, and General Perspectives for Therapeutic Strategies; 28 Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Tumors; 29 Psycho-Oncologic Aspects of Hereditary Tumors and Predictive Testing; 30 Molecular Targeted Therapy; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Summarizing molecular aspects, diagnostic as well as therapeutic issues, this book is the very first and most comprehensive on hereditary aspects of tumor diseases. All the contributors have been made fellows of the Ingrid zu Solms Foundation due to their outstanding achievements in scientific research, and they discuss here the latest aspects in the diagnosis, disease management, and treatment of hereditary tumor diseases and syndromes.A must-have ready reference for medical and biology students, MDs, PhDs, physicians, and researchers.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hereditary tumors
• ISBN: 1-282-11855-2; 9786612118555; 3-527-62752-9; 3-527-62753-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143141903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II