Hereditary Tumors: From Genes to Clinical Consequences

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Hereditary Tumors: From Genes to Clinical Consequences

Editor(s): Heike Allgayer, Helga Rehder, Simone Fulda

Published Online: 21 AUG 2009

Print ISBN: 9783527320288

Online ISBN: 9783527627523

DOI: 10.1002/9783527627523

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Summarizing molecular aspects, diagnostic as well as therapeutic issues, this book is the very first and most comprehensive on hereditary aspects of tumor diseases. All the contributors have been made fellows of the Ingrid zu Solms Foundation due to their outstanding achievements in scientific research, and they discuss here the latest aspects in the diagnosis, disease management, and treatment of hereditary tumor diseases and syndromes.
A must-have ready reference for medical and biology students, MDs, PhDs, physicians, and researchers.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages I–XXIX)

  2. Part I: Hereditary Tumors – General Aspects

    1. Chapter 1

      General Insights into Tumor Invasion, Progression, and Metastasis (pages 1–24)

      Prof. Dr. Heike Allgayer

    2. Chapter 2

      The Genetic Background of Hereditary Tumor Diseases (pages 25–39)

      Ortrud K. Steinlein

  3. Part II: Syndromal Types of Hereditary Tumors

    1. Chapter 3

      Family Cancer Syndromes (pages 41–86)

      Prof. Dr. Helga Rehder

    2. Chapter 4

      Genetic Dysmorphic Syndromes Leading to Tumorigenesis (pages 87–105)

      Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

  4. Part III: Site-Specific Aspects of Hereditary Tumors

    1. Chapter 5

      Hereditary Brain Tumors (pages 107–125)

      Christine Marosi

    2. Chapter 6

      Neurofibromatosis (pages 127–145)

      Katharina Wimmer, Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki and Eric Legius

    3. Chapter 7

      Retinoblastoma: The Prototypic Hereditary Tumor (pages 147–162)

      Helen Dimaras and Brenda L. Gallie

    4. Chapter 8

      Hereditary Cancer in the Head and Neck (pages 163–168)

      Barbara Wollenberg

    5. Chapter 9

      Hereditary Medullary and Familial Non-Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (pages 169–181)

      Theresia Weber

    6. Chapter 10

      Lung Tumors (pages 183–192)

      Sarah Danson, M Dawn Teare and Penella Woll

    7. Chapter 11

      Hereditary Breast Cancer (pages 193–206)

      Rita Katharina Schmutzler

    8. Chapter 12

      Hereditary Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer (pages 207–214)

      Marion Kiechle

    9. Chapter 13

      Prostate Cancer (pages 215–229)

      Raphaela Waidelich

    10. Chapter 14

      Wilms and Rhabdoid Tumors of the Kidney (pages 231–243)

      Brigitte Royer-Pokora

    11. Chapter 15

      Hereditary Renal Tumors of the Adult (pages 245–256)

      Liesbeth Spruijt and Nicoline Hoogerbrugge

    12. Chapter 16

      Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes (pages 257–280)

      Waltraut Friedl and Stefanie Vogt

    13. Chapter 17

      Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC) (pages 281–294)

      Gabriela Möslein

    14. Chapter 18

      Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) (pages 295–307)

      Maria Debiec-Rychter

    15. Chapter 19

      Hereditary Gastric Cancer (pages 309–343)

      Holger Vogelsang and Gisela Keller

    16. Chapter 20

      Pancreatic Cancer (pages 345–354)

      Nils Habbe and Babette Simon

    17. Chapter 21

      Liver Tumors (pages 355–376)

      Sabine J. Presser

    18. Chapter 22

      DNA-Repair Deficiency and Cancer: Lessons from Lymphoma (pages 377–391)

      Krystyna H. Chrzanowska, Martin Digweed, Karl Sperling and Eva Seemanova

    19. Chapter 23

      Familial Leukemias (pages 393–410)

      Christa Fonatsch

    20. Chapter 24

      Malignant Melanoma (pages 411–420)

      Carola Berking and Anja Katrin Bosserhoff

    21. Chapter 25

      Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne Syndrome, Trichothiodystrophy – Defects in DNA Repair and Carcinogenesis (pages 421–439)

      Steffen Emmert

    22. Chapter 26

      Hereditary Tumors in Children (pages 441–452)

      Prof. Dr. Simone Fulda

    23. Chapter 27

      Sarcomas and Bone Tumors in Adulthood (pages 453–466)

      Eva Wardelmann

  5. Part IV: Genetic Counseling, Psycho-Oncology, and General Perspectives for Therapeutic Strategies

    1. Chapter 28

      Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Tumors (pages 467–485)

      Dorothea Gadzicki and Brigitte Schlegelberger

    2. Chapter 29

      Psycho-Oncologic Aspects of Hereditary Tumors and Predictive Testing (pages 487–499)

      Mechthild Neises

    3. Chapter 30

      Molecular Targeted Therapy (pages 501–514)

      Prof. Dr. Heike Allgayer and Prof. Dr. Simone Fulda

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      Index (pages 515–530)

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