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Edited by Hagop M. Kantarjian, Robert A. Wolff, and Charles A. Koller. 1149 pp., illustrated. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2006. $195. ISBN 0-07-141499-1.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

— Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson

Until about 10 years ago, trainees, young faculty, and referring specialists in the fields of hematology and oncology could consult one or two textbooks and perhaps two or three great journals to keep up with all the principles governing the treatment of malignant blood disorders and solid tumors.

Enter the era of the Internet, online journals, throwaways, real-time data sources, pharmaceutical advertising, and more and larger textbooks. As knowledge . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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