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How genes affect the risk of developing cancer

01 July 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Genetic testing is increasingly used to analyse whether a person carries an increased risk of developing a particular cancer. This is based on the observation that...

The biology of cancer

01 May 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Cancer research is moving fast. Understanding of the biology of cancer, its detection and the therapies used to treat it are changing rapidly. The aim of this series...

The causes of cancer

01 June 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & science

To understand how and why cancer occurs, we need to understand carcinogenesis, the process by which agents called carcinogens cause damage to genes and the nature of...

New methods of detecting cancer and identifying genetic risk of disease

01 December 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

The previous articles in this series focused on the genetics of cancer and cancer risk, and on the issues associated with assessing cancer risk. In this article, the...

Impact of genome sequencing on cancer research and treatment

10 December 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Since the sequence of the human genome was first published in 2003, nowhere has its effect been more apparent than in the field of cancer research and, more...

Implications and impact of genetic testing

01 November 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

This article explores the psychosocial, ethical and legal aspects of genetic testing, and the wider implications of genetic test results. Irrespective of whether...

Identifying familial cancer risk

01 October 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

This article looks at how the biological aspects of cancer as a genetic disease can be applied to clinical practice. The main aspects of genetic cancer risk are...

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