John Vetto is a Surgical Oncologist in Portland Oregon. He received his MD from OHSU in Portland and trained at Harvard, UCLA, the NIH, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering. He is a soft tissue oncologist who specializes in melanoma, sarcoma, and breast cancer. A veteran of medical writing and publishing, this is his first book for general readers and reflects his love for old movies, "good" and "bad".