Inherited Cancer Syndromes Current Clinical Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ellis, C. Neal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2004.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.

Of the 8 million individuals living with cancer in the United States, up to 800,000 patients have a form of inherited cancer. Inherited cancer syndromes account for 5-10% of all cancers, as evidenced by recent advances in the understanding of such syndromes as Familial Polyposis Syndromes (FAP), Her...