Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling

Genetic counselling is widely accepted as an integral part of the management of every patient with an inherited disorder, and the rapid developments in human and medical genetics have reinforced the importance of competency in risk calculation. This book provides a simple introduction for risk calculation for genetics counselling, describing how risks can easily be estimated or calculated for most counselling situations. It is easy-to-use, with worked examples, and now includes a chapter on cancer genetics.