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Genetic counseling for cancer patients and their families. 1989

I A Hoskins

Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU-Bellevue Hospital.

Cancer survivors who have undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery worry about the impact of treatment on their future health as well as on their reproductive ability. Genetic counseling--focusing on the probability of later cancers, possible infertility, and the chance of having children who are affected--is vital for cured cancer patients. Since each type of cancer and each type of treatment has unique sequelae, genetic counselors must make a thorough review of the patient's environmental and family history. They must also be alert for cancer family syndromes, including cancers of the breast, ovary, and colon.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009369	Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.	Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D009386	Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary	The condition of a pattern of malignancies within a family, but not every individual's necessarily having the same neoplasm. Characteristically the tumor tends to occur at an earlier than average age, individuals may have more than one primary tumor, the tumors may be multicentric, usually more than 25 percent of the individuals in direct lineal descent from the proband are affected, and the cancer predisposition in these families behaves as an autosomal dominant trait with about 60 percent penetrance.	Cancer Syndromes, Hereditary,Hereditary Cancer Syndromes,Hereditary Neoplastic Syndromes,Cancer Syndrome, Hereditary,Hereditary Cancer Syndrome,Hereditary Neoplastic Syndrome,Neoplastic Syndrome, Hereditary,Syndrome, Hereditary Cancer,Syndrome, Hereditary Neoplastic,Syndromes, Hereditary Cancer,Syndromes, Hereditary Neoplastic
D005190	Family	A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.	Family Life Cycles,Family Members,Family Life Cycle,Family Research,Filiation,Kinship Networks,Relatives,Families,Family Member,Kinship Network,Life Cycle, Family,Life Cycles, Family,Network, Kinship,Networks, Kinship,Research, Family
D005817	Genetic Counseling	An educational process that provides information and advice to individuals or families about a genetic condition that may affect them. The purpose is to help individuals make informed decisions about marriage, reproduction, and other health management issues based on information about the genetic disease, the available diagnostic tests, and management programs. Psychosocial support is usually offered.	Counseling, Genetic,Genetic Counseling, Prenatal,Prenatal Genetic Counseling
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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