Overview
- Discusses the molecular mechanisms, genetic testing and counseling, and variants of unknown significance
- Includes a special chapter on the recent findings from the HBOC database, ethical issues and the parp inhibitors
- Appeals to breast surgeons, medical oncologists, gynecological oncologists and genetic counselors
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Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer - Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Practice offers breast surgeons, medical oncologists, gynecological oncologists and genetic counselors a comprehensive overview of the disease. Providing insights into recent scientific findings and further avenues for investigation, it is also a thought-provoking and informative read for researchers and scholars.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Department of Breast Surgical Oncology
Showa University, School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan
Daisuke Aoki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Keio University School of Medicine,
Tokyo, Japan
Yoshio Miki
Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Research Institute,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University,
Tokyo, Japan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Book Subtitle: Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Practice
Editors: Seigo Nakamura, Daisuke Aoki, Yoshio Miki
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4521-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4520-4Published: 21 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4523-5Published: 22 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-4521-1Published: 20 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 324
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research, Human Genetics, Molecular Medicine