Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Cancer genetics |
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Cancer genetics.
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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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Print version record |
In |
Springer eBooks |
Subject |
Generative organs, Male -- Cancer.
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Generative organs, Male -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects
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Germinoma -- epidemiology
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Germinoma -- genetics
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Prostatic Neoplasms -- epidemiology
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Prostatic Neoplasms -- genetics
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Testicular Neoplasms -- epidemiology
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Testicular Neoplasms -- genetics
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Generative organs, Male -- Cancer
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Foulkes, William D. (William David), 1960-
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Cooney, Kathleen A.
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LC no. |
2009930468 |
ISBN |
9781441904492 |
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1441904492 |
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