This comprehensive guide to genetics in cancer encompasses such issues as cancer biology, and the clinical applications of genetic study. In Genetics and Genomics: The Evolution of Oncology Nursing, readers will find details on issues such as targeted therapies, nursing credentialing in cancer genetics, multicultural considerations in providing genetic and genomic cancer care, genetic and genomic oncology research and the impact on practice, tumor profiling, and more. In addition to cancer genetic risk asessment, education, and management, updated sections feature the fundamental principles of genetic and genomic oncology nursing; ethical, legal, and social issues; and professional practice issues. With genetics continuing to take on more importance in the speciality of oncology nursing, nurses will have an opportunity with this book to gain the fundamental scientific understanding necessary to learn, utilize, and maintain genetic oncology nursing competency at the dawning of the genomic era of oncology nursing.