Cancers 2009, 1(1), 21-22; doi:10.3390/cancers1010021
Book Review

Precancer: The Beginning and the End of Cancer. Edited by Jules J. Berman, MD, PhD (E-Mail: jjberman1@comcast.net) with G. William Moore, MD, PhD. Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, MA, USA, 2009; 186 pp; 42.95$; ISBN: 9780763777845

Kara L. Kuntz-Melcavageemail
National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, National Institute of Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics Section, 10 Center Drive, Room B1D-733, MSC 1063, Bethesda, MD 20892-1063, USA
Received: 3 December 2009; in revised form: 7 December 2009 / Accepted: 8 December 2009 / Published: 11 December 2009
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Abstract: This concisely written book makes a powerful argument that the focus of research in the cancer field should be shifted from full-stage cancer to the more promising area of precancer. The entire book encompasses less than 200 pages, including an extensive glossary aimed at clarifying terminology with which a person lacking a research background may be unfamiliar. Because explanations of scientific terminology are located in the glossary, Berman and Moore have prevented the book from being too elementary for an advanced scientist. The logical organization of the chapters results in this becoming quite an easy book to read. [...]

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Kuntz-Melcavage, K.L. Precancer: The Beginning and the End of Cancer. Edited by Jules J. Berman, MD, PhD (E-Mail: jjberman1@comcast.net) with G. William Moore, MD, PhD. Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, MA, USA, 2009; 186 pp; 42.95$; ISBN: 9780763777845. Cancers 2009, 1, 21-22.

AMA Style

Kuntz-Melcavage KL. Precancer: The Beginning and the End of Cancer. Edited by Jules J. Berman, MD, PhD (E-Mail: jjberman1@comcast.net) with G. William Moore, MD, PhD. Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, MA, USA, 2009; 186 pp; 42.95$; ISBN: 9780763777845. Cancers. 2009; 1(1):21-22.

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Kuntz-Melcavage, Kara L. 2009. "Precancer: The Beginning and the End of Cancer. Edited by Jules J. Berman, MD, PhD (E-Mail: jjberman1@comcast.net) with G. William Moore, MD, PhD. Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, MA, USA, 2009; 186 pp; 42.95$; ISBN: 9780763777845." Cancers 1, no. 1: 21-22.

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