Colorectal Cancer Genetic

This well-organized and clearly written text has a unique focus on methods of identifying the joint effects of genes and environment on disease patterns. It follows the natural sequence of research, taking readers through the study designs and statistical analysis techniques for determining whether…

Weaving together family history, genetic discovery, and scenes from her life, Ami McKay tells the compelling, true-science story of her own family's unsettling legacy of hereditary cancer while exploring the challenges that come from carrying the mutation that not only killed many people you loved, but might also kill you.

Editors: Wu, Anna H., Stram, Daniel O. (Eds.)
Provides latest research on cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Asian Americans
Explores epidemiology of specific cancer sites including lung, colorectal, breast, prostate, liver, and more
Identifies behavioral, lifestyle, screening, and other factors that are important to cancer etiology

The objective of this book is to rehighlight and provide some updates on previous and recent utilization of microsatellite markers for various applications in agriculture and medicine, which void emerging opinion on "full death" of microsatellites as useful genetic markers. The book demonstrates the future benefit of simple sequence repeats in many genetic studies as well as disease diagnosis and prognosis.