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Title Male reproductive cancers : epidemiology, pathology and genetics / William D. Foulkes, Kathleen A. Cooney, editors
Published New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages) : illustrations
Series Cancer genetics
Cancer genetics.
Contents Part A Epidemiology -- Epidemiology of prostate cancer / Graham Giles -- Epidemiology of testicular cancer / Katherine A. McGlynn and Michael B. Cook -- Part B Pathology -- Prostate cancer : a pathological perspective / Louis R. Begin and Tarek A. Bismar -- Testcular tumor pathology / Kirk J. Wojno and Louis R. Begin -- Part C Molecular genetics -- Somatic molecular genetics of prostate cancer / Laure Humbert and Mario Chevrette -- Molecular genetics of testicular germ cell tumor / Katherine L. Nathanson -- Part D Inherited susceptibility -- Identification of genetic risk factors for prostate cancer : analytic approaches using hereditary prostate cancer families / Ethan M. Lange -- Identification of rare and common variants which predispose to prostate cancer / Rosalind A. Eeles [and others] -- Prostate cancer in special populations / William D. Foulkes [and others] -- Inherited susceptibility of aggressive prostate cancer / Audrey H. Schnell and John S. Witte -- Susceptibility alleles for testicular germ cell tumor / Elizabeth A. Rapley
Summary Male Reproductive Cancers: Epidemiology, Pathology and Genetics presents a thoughtful, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the etiology of the prostate gland and the testes, summarizing decades of research in the three most important etiological disciplines: epidemiology, pathology and genetics. This book is comprised of four distinct sections: Epidemiology, Pathology, Molecular Genetics, and Inherited Susceptibility, with each section divided into chapters categorized by disease. Section A reviews the epidemiology of prostate and testicular cancer, with an emphasis on clinical and environmental factors associated with these diseases. Section B begins by describing various pathological features of prostate cancer, followed by descriptions of the wide variety of testicular cancers as well as a brief section on the use of tumor markers for monitoring disease. Section C focuses on somatic genetic changes in prostate and testicular cancers using new technologies such as comparative genomic hybridization and gene expression profiling. Section D concentrates on the progress made toward understanding inherited susceptibility to prostate cancer and to testicular cancer
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Springer eBooks
Subject Generative organs, Male -- Cancer.
Generative organs, Male -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects
Germinoma -- epidemiology
Germinoma -- genetics
Prostatic Neoplasms -- epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms -- genetics
Testicular Neoplasms -- epidemiology
Testicular Neoplasms -- genetics
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Generative organs, Male -- Cancer
Form Electronic book
Author Foulkes, William D. (William David), 1960-
Cooney, Kathleen A.
LC no. 2009930468
ISBN 9781441904492
1441904492