Cancer Genomics for the Clinician

Ramaswamy Govindan, Siddhartha Devarakonda
Springer Publishing
300 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0826168672
January 2019

Cancer Genomics for the Clinician is a practical guide to cancer genomics and its application to cancer diagnosis and care. The book begins with a brief overview of the various types of genetic alterations that are encountered in cancer, followed by accessible and applicable information on next generation sequencing technology and bioinformatics, tumor heterogeneity, whole genome, exome and transcriptome sequencing, epigenomics, and data analysis and interpretation. Each chapter provides essential explanations of concepts, terminology, and methods.