Author | Lynch, Henry T. author |
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Title | Hereditary Factors in Carcinoma [electronic resource] / by Henry T. Lynch |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1967 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48252-6 |
Descript | XII, 186 p. online resource |
1 History of Cancer Genetics in Man -- Man as a problem for genetic studies -- Cancer genetics in animals -- Early studies in man -- Cancer of specific anatomic sites -- Twin studies -- Cancer families -- Mendelian inherited cancer disorders -- Cytogenetics and carcinoma -- Blood group antigens and carcinoma -- Cancer resistance -- References -- 2 Classical Examples of Heredity and Malignancy -- Familial polyposis coli -- Gardnerโs syndrome -- Multiple nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome -- Xeroderma pigmentosum -- Thyroid carcinoma (medullary thyroid carcinoma with amyloid production associated with pheochromocytoma). -- Hereditary multiple exostoses -- Hereditary polyendocrine adenomatoses and the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome -- Tylosis and esophageal cancer (keratosis palmaris et plantaris) -- Bloomโs syndrome (congenital telangiectatic erythema and stunted growth) -- Fanconiโs aplastic anemia (constitutional aplastic anemia) -- Retinoblastoma -- Von Recklinghausenโs neurofibromatosis -- References -- 3 Heredity and the More Common Malignancies of Man: Carcinoma of the Breast, Stomach, Colon, Lung, Prostate, and Endometrium -- Breast Cancer -- Stomach Cancer -- Colon carcinoma -- Lung carcinoma -- Prostate carcinoma -- Endometrial carcinoma -- References -- 4 Hereditary Aspects of Some Less Frequently Occuring Malignancies Exclusive of the Reticuloendothelial System -- Kaposiโs sarcoma -- Carcinoma of the nasopharynx -- Carotid body tumors -- Generalized keratoacanthoma -- Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Familial pheochromocytoma -- Malignant melanoma -- Carcinoid tumor -- Carcinoma of the duodenum -- Hypernephroma -- Testicular tumors -- References -- 5 Hereditary Disorders with Variable Malignant Neoplastic Predisposition -- Wernerโs syndrome -- Pagetโs disease (osteitis deformans) and osteogenic sarcoma -- Ataxia telangiectasia (Louis-Bar syndrome) -- Congenital sex-linked agammaglobulinemia (Brutonโs type) -- Chediak-Higashi syndrome -- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome -- Dermatomyositis -- Sjogrenโs syndrome -- Scleroderma (progressive systemic sclerosis) -- Albinism -- Dysgenetic gonads and disorders of somatosexual disturbance -- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome -- Porphyria cutanea tarda -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- References -- 6 Genetic Aspects of Tumors of the Nervous System -- Familial isolated tumors of the nervous system -- Established genetic diseases with significant incidence of tumors of nervous system.. -- Von Recklinghausenโs neurofibromatosis -- Von Hippel Lindauโs hemangioblastoma -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Hereditary multiple endocrine adenomatosis -- Multiple nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome -- Retinoblastoma -- Pheochromocytoma -- Neuroblastoma -- Summary -- 7 Heredity and Malignancies of the Reticuloendothelial System -- Hodgkinโs disease -- Multiple myeloma -- Leukemia -- Waldenstrรถmโs macroglobulinemia -- References -- 8 Congenital Cancer and Congenital Abnormalities Associated with Cancer -- Introductory survey -- Neuroblastoma -- Wilmโs tumor -- Hemihypertrophy -- Klinefelterโs and Turnerโs syndromes -- Congenital epithelial parotid gland tumors -- References -- 9 โCancer Familiesโ: Adenocarcinomas (Endometrial and Colon Carcinoma) and Multiple Primary Malignant Neoplasms -- and historical review -- Definition of a โcancer familyโ -- Importance of histologic diagnosis -- Study of six โcancer familiesโ -- Heredity and multiple primary malignant neoplasms -- Cancer families in the literature from Warthin (Family G) to present -- The hereditary multiple cancer syndrome -- Implications for this cancer syndrome from the standpoint of early cancer detection and cancer control -- References -- 10 Heredity, Emotions, and Carcinoma: Delay in Cancer Detection -- Tumor service Patient series -- Two โcancer familiesโ -- College Alumnae series -- Analysis of findings -- Implications for cancer control -- References -- 11 Cancer and Genetic Counseling -- History of genetic counseling -- Genetic counseling and diagnosis -- Genetic counseling, physician responsibility, a patient-physician relationship -- Genetic counseling as โfamily problemsโ -- Clinical examples, emotional and psychiatric factors -- Protocol for genetic counseling -- Genetic terminology and disease -- Genetic counseling and cancer patients -- Summary -- References -- 12 Epilogue -- Figures