Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Genetic Basis and Clinical Implications /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Valle, Laura (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gruber, Stephen B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Capellá, Gabriel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Medical genetics.; Oncology .; Cancer research.; Gene Function.; Oncology.; Cancer Research.

This book provides information on a wide variety of issues ranging from genetics to clinical description of the syndromes, genetic testing and counseling, and clinical management including surveillance, surgical and prophylactic interventions, and chemoprevention. Moreover, current hot issues, such...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part1 : GENETIC CAUSES AND ASSOCIATED PHENOTYPES- Lynch syndrome
• The molecular basis of Lynch-like syndrome
• Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency
• Mismatch repair proficient hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
• Genetic and environmental modifiers of risk in Lynch syndrome
• ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS SYNDROMES- Introduction
• Familial adenomatous polyposis
• Polymerase proofreading-associated polyposis
• MUTYH-associated polyposis
• NTHL1-associated polyposis
• Germline biallelic inactivation of MMR genes (with polyposis phenotype)
• Unexplained adenomatous polyposis
• HAMARTOMATOUS POLYPOSIS SYNDROMES- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• Juvenile polyposis syndrome
• PTEN-hamartoma tumor syndromes
• Other hamartomatous polyposis conditions
• HEREDITARY MIXED POLYPOSIS SYNDROME
• SERRATED POLYPOSIS SYNDROME
• Part2: GENETIC DIAGNOSTICS and CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
• Genetic testing in hereditary colorectal cancer
• Universal tumor screening for Lynch syndrome
• Classification of genetic variants. Prediction models for Lynch syndrome
• Surveillance guidelines for hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes
• Surgical management of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes
• Chemoprevention in hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes
• Immunotherapy in hereditary colorectal cancer
• The Immune Biology of Microsatellite Unstable cancer
• Hereditary colorectal cancer: Immunotherapy approaches
• Medical oncology management of hereditary colorectal cancer. Part3: REGISTRIES and DATABASES
• Databases: intentions, capabilities and limitations
• The Colon Cancer Family Registry Cohort
• The Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database
• The InSiGHT Database: An example LOVD system
• The International Mismatch Repair Consortium.