| Description |
xix, 407 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Genetic predisposition to cancer: an introduction / D. Timothy Bishop -- 2. From families to chromosomes: genetic linkage, and other methods for finding cancer-predisposition genes / Douglas F. Easton -- 3. From chromosomes to genes: how to isolate cancer-predisposition genes / Helen Patterson and Colin Cooper -- 4. Retinoblastoma: the paradigm for a genetically inherited cancer syndrome / John K. Cowell -- 5. Neurofibromatosis (NF) types 1 and 2 / Susan M. Huson -- 6. Multiple endocrine neoplasia / Bruce A.J. Ponder -- 7. Wilms tumour and other genetic causes of renal cancer / Kathryn Pritchard-Jones -- 8. The Li-Fraumeni syndrome and the role of TP53 mutations in predisposition to cancer / Jillian M. Birch -- 9. Malignant disease and variations in radiosensitivity in ataxia telangiectasia patients / A. Malcolm R. Taylor, D. Hernandez, C.M. McConville, C.G. Woods, M. Stacey, P. Biggs, P.J. Byrd, C.F. Arlett and D. Scott -- 10. Fanconi's anaemia / Christopher G. Mathew |
| Analysis |
Humans Cancer Role of Genetics |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Genetic aspects.
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Cancer -- Prevention.
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Cancer -- Susceptibility.
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Oncology -- Genetic aspects.
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Neoplasms -- genetics.
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Neoplasms -- genetics.
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Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary.
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| Author |
Eeles, Rosalind A., 1959-
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McVie, Gordon
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| ISBN |
0412565803 |
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