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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1995 87(3):225-226; doi:10.1093/jnci/87.3.225
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 87, No. 3, 225-226, February 1995
© 1995 Oxford University Press

Books in Review—1994

Cancer Medicine, Third Edition, Vols. 1 and 2. James F. Holland , Emil Frei , Robert C. Bast , Donald W. Kufe , Donald L Morton , Ralph R. Weich-selbaum , eds. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1993. 2658 pp., illus. $195. ISBN 0812114221 Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, Fourth Edition, Vols. 1 and 2. Vincent T. DeVita Samuel Hellman Steven A. Rosenberg eds. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1993. 2855 pp., illus. $225. ISBN 0397513216. Both of the above reviewed by Michael C. Perry [J Natl Cancer Inst 86:555, 1994]

ERIC J. SEIFTER, M.D.

Book Review Editor Johns Hopkins Oncology Center Baltimore, MD 21205

We receive an impressive number of books for review. Some texts are large, multiauthored compilations devoted to the broadest topics in cancer research, prevention, and treatment. Other texts are written by individual authors seeking to enlighten colleagues and the public about relatively narrow specializations or controversies. Some works are part of ongoing series, with guest editors and invited contributors, while others are collections of papers from major meetings held in exotic locales. An occasional book offers opinions so far removed from the mainstream that it would never see the light of day in the peer review world.

Once again, we present our list of the best books reviewed in the Journal during the previous year.

This year, an audiotape has been selected as a "best book." We will continue to review these alternative information sources as we approach the 21st century.

Books cannot be as timely as journals because of longer production times, but good books are superior in other ways. A wealth of carefully crafted figures, tables, and graphs can summarize visually the printed text. More interesting and entertaining styles of writing can convey data in a fashion rarely found in periodicals. Although most texts do not stand the test of time, the best are distinguished by their outstanding production values and writing style as well as their erudition.


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