I would highly recommend the book &#x27;The Emperor of All Maladies&#x27;. When you read a detailed account of the fight against cancer two things become clear. First, we had no idea what we were doing for a very long time. Second, the era of actually fighting some of these more complicated diseases is upon us. We have been trying to stop cancer for nearly 100 years but only in the last 15-20 have we actually been making any progress. It&#x27;s a well written book and makes me quite hopeful for the future.