Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer covers a broad range of topics, beginning with an overview discussing clinical relevance of hereditary ovarian and hereditary endometrial cancers.

Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer includes:

• a practical section on genetic risk assessment and genetic testing
• case studies to demonstrate management techniques and decision-making
• discussion ovarian cancer screening, prevention, and risk-reducing surgery

Contents

1. Clinical Relevance of Hereditary Ovarian Cancer
2. Clinical Relevance of Hereditary Endometrial Cancer
3. Pathology of BRCA-Associated Ovarian Cancers, Including Occult Cancers
4. Ovarian Cancer Screening
5. Current Concepts in Chemoprevention of Ovarian Cancer
6. Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy for the Prevention of Inherited Breast and Ovarian Cancer
7. Risk Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer
8. Management of BRCA Mutation-Negative Patients
9. Therapy and Prognosis of BRCA-Associated Ovarian Cancer
10. Molecular Genetics and Cancer Risks in Lynch Syndrome
11. Pathology of Lynch Syndrome-Associated Gynecological Cancers
12. Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer Screening and Prevention in Women with Lynch Syndrome
13. Colon Cancer and Other Lynch Cancers: Screening and Prevention
14. Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer Risk-Reducing Surgery in Women with Lynch Syndrome
15. Other Syndromes
16. Genetic Risk Assessment for Hereditary Ovarian Cancer: BRCA1 and BRCA2
17. Genetic Risk Assessment for Hereditary Endometrial Cancer: Lynch Syndrome
18. Legal Aspects of Genetic Testings
19. Psychological Impact of Genetic Counseling and Testing fot Hereditary Gynecologic Cancers

Index

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