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Understanding Breast Cancer Genetics [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Zimmerman Barbara T Visualizza persona
Titolo: Understanding Breast Cancer Genetics [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 p.)
Disciplina: 616.99449042
Soggetto topico: Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects
Breast -- Cancer -- Popular works
Breast neoplasms -- Genetics -- Popular works
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Who Gets Breast Cancer?; 2. What Is Breast Cancer?; 3. The Roles of Genes Versus Inheritance; 4. The Roles of BRCA1, BRCA2, and Other Cancer Genes; 5. Issues in Prevention and Control of Breast Cancer; 6. Breast Cancer Research; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Health & Sickness -- Consumer Health -->. This book by a scientist whose background is in cellular and molecular biology examines the fearsome disease that strikes one in eight women in the United States. Although women are more likely to die of heart disease or of lung cancer, a diagnosis of breast cancer is the medical pronouncement that a woman is most likely to fear. It kills more than 40,000 Americans annually. Why are some women more vulnerable than others? The interplay between genetics and environment is suspected. Thus this book for general readers will help them understand the geneti
Titolo autorizzato: Understanding Breast Cancer Genetics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-48511-3
9786612485114
1-60473-044-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782712903321
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Serie: Understanding Health & Sickness