1. Edition - December 2008
165.- Euro
2008. XXIX, 530 Pages, Hardcover
64 Fig. (28 Colored Fig.), 38 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32028-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32028-8 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

Sample Chapter

Index



Short description
Summarizing molecular aspects, diagnostic as well as therapeutic issues, this book is the very first and most comprehensive one on hereditary cancers - cancers linked with genetic predisposition.

From the contents
HEREDITARY TUMORS-GENERAL ASPECTS
Tumor Invasion, Progression and Metastasis (Allgayer)
The Genetic Background of Hereditary Tumor Diseases (Steinlein)
SYNDROMAL TYPES OF HEREDITARY TUMORS
Family Cancer Syndromes (Rehder)
Genetic Dysmorphic Syndromes Leading to Tumorigenesis (Gillessen-Kaesbach)
SITE-SPECIFIC HEREDITARY TUMORS
Hereditary Brain Tumors (Marosi)
Neurofibromatosis (Wimmer, Kehrer-Sawatzki, Legius)
Retinoblastoma: The Prototypic Hereditary Tumor (Dimaras, Gallie)
Hereditary Cancer in the Head and Neck (Wollenberg)
Hereditary Medullary and Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Carcinoma (Weber)
Lung Tumors (Danson, Teare, Woll)
Hereditary Breast Cancer (Schmutzler)
The Hereditary Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer (Kiechle)
Prostate Cancer (Waidelich)
Wilms and Rhabdoid Tumors of the Kidney (Royer-Pokora)
Hereditary Renal Tumours of the Adult (Spruijt, Hoogerbrugge)
Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes (Friedl, Vogt)
Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC) (Möslein)
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) (Debiec-Rychter)
Hereditary Gastric Cancer (Vogelsang, Keller)
Pancreatic Cancer (Habbe, Simon)
Liver Tumors (Presser)
DNA-Repair Deficiency and Cancer: Lessons from Lymphoma (Chrzanowska, Digweed, Sperling, Seemanova)
Leukemia (Fonatsch)
Malignant Melanoma (Berking, Bosserhoff)
Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne Syndrome, Trichothiodystrophy - Defects in DNA Repair and Carcinogenesis (Emmert)
Hereditary Tumors in Children (Fulda)
Sarcomas and Bone Tumors in Adulthood (Wardelmann)
GENETIC COUNSELLING; PSYCHOONCOLOGY; AND GENERAL PERSPECTIVES FOR THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES
Genetic Counselling for Hereditary Tumors (Gadzicki, Schlegelberger)
Psychooncologic Aspects of Hereditary Tumors and Predictive Testing (Neises)
Molecular Targeted Therapy (Allgayer, Fulda)