Annual Review of Medicine, 2019

The recent volume of Annual Review of Medicine, as in previous years contains articles which broadly survey progress in several fields of the speciality and provides a succinct overview of current research on the selected topics. Among the 35 reviews, 12 discuss novel diagnostic and management strategies for various types of cancers. Four articles deal with exciting advances in gene therapy; five articles are on therapy for infectious diseases. Cardiovascular diseases are the theme of the first five.