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

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. [...]