Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for cancer.

Counseling About Cancer: Strategies for Genetic Counseling

Medical Books

Schneider, Katherine A.

Medicine

Blackwell Pub.

COUNSELING ABOUT CANCER Strategies for Genetic Counseling Second Edition Katherine Schneider Counseling About Cancer is the comprehensive resource to help genetic counselors and other health care providers effectively assist patients and families through the emotional difficulties of managing hereditary cancer. Now, in its Second Edition, extensive revisions have been made to include up-to-date coverage of the medical and psychological issues surrounding cancer risk counseling, including the major hereditary cancer syndromes, components of cancer risk counseling sessions, and predisposition testing sessions. In providing single-source coverage of this emerging field, this easy-to-use reference presents: * Clinical features of 30 cancer syndromes * Tables listing major cancer syndromes by cancer type * Pedigrees illustrating the features of cancer syndromes as well as other family issues * Practical advice on a range of responsibilities from collecting and interpreting histories to judging potential ethical dilemmas * An ample number of detailed case studies Counseling About Cancer is an essential reference for genetic counselors, physicians, and nurses working in clinical cancer services or oncology departments, genetic counseling students, and other health care professionals who need current, inclusive facts on genetic counseling at their fingertips.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Wiley-Liss

A key resource for all genetic counselors and other healthcare providers, this comprehensive reference has been completely updated and reorganized for its fourth edition 
Inherited genetic mutations contribute significantly to the onset of some cancers. Over 50 hereditary cancer predisposition genes have been identified by researchers, such as the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes which are associated with breast and ovarian cancers. Testing for these genes can be a powerful tool in assessing individual cancer risk and creating robust medical plans, but this can also be a complex process, with personal and familial factors carrying real emotional weight. As such, genetic counseling for patients and their families before and during the process of genetic testing can be critical. 
Counseling about Cancer: Strategies for Genetic Counseling is the only comprehensive resource available for clinicians and cancer genetic counselors who want to understand and apply these dimensions of patient care. This updated and reorganized edition provides detailed information designed to be incorporated in a variety of clinical and health-care contexts. Updated with the latest guidance and research, it promises to continue as the indispensable guide to this challenging subject. 
Readers of the fourth edition of Counseling about Cancer will also find: New chapters analyzing pediatric cancer syndromes, genetic testing technology, and more Increased focus on gynecological cancer syndromes and related genes Detailed case studies to reinforce themes of each chapter 
Counseling about Cancer isa useful reference for genetic counselors and other healthcare providers looking to familiarize themselves with best practices of patient counseling and care.

Chittenden, Anu

Mahoney Shannon, Kristen

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Wiley/Blackwell

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