Cancer Principles And Practice Of Oncology

Genetic testing and counseling for cancer have made great strides in recent years. The popular demand for advanced screening, advances in testing, and the response of insurance companies and corporations have all served to shape this important area of cancer risk management. This practical, user-friendly guidebook allows you to search by disease site for the hereditary cancer syndromes relevant to your patients cancer. This handy resource will help you formulate questions when expanding that patients personal and family history, identify the genes that are most relevant, determine whether to refer that patient for genetic counseling and testing, and guide the patients long-term management based on the patients mutation-positive or -negative status. The guidebook will be of equal value to the practicing oncologist, surgeon, urologist, endocrinologist, gynecologist, primary care physician, physicians assistant, advanced practice nurse, and any other clinician counseling a patient who has had cancer. Look inside and dis ... er: informative overview summarizes the history and current state of genetic cancer testing; site-specific chapters help you locate essential facts quickly; expert contributors share their years of experience in genetic testing and counseling; and timely insights address key medical, ethical, legal, and financial implications of genetic cancer testing. Be sure your patients have the advance information they need...Pick up your copy today!
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