Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies - Season 1 Episode 2 The Blind Men and the Elephant
In the wake of the declaration of a “war on cancer” by Richard Nixon in 1971, flush with optimism and awash with federal dollars, the cancer field plunges forward in search of a cure. In the lab, rapid progress is made in understanding the essential nature of the cancer cell, leading to the revolutionary discovery of the genetic basis of cancer. But at the bedside, where patients are treated, few new therapies become available, and a sense of disillusionment takes hold, leading some patients and doctors to take desperate measures. It is not until the late 1990s that the advances in research begin to translate into more precise targeted therapies with the breakthrough drugs Gleevec and Herceptin. Following the history during these fraught decades is the contemporary story of Dr. Lori Wilson, a surgical oncologist who is diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in both breasts in 2013.
Year: 2015
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director:
Cast: Siddhartha Mukherjee, Edward Herrmann
Crew: Barak Goodman (Director), Ken Burns (Producer), Siddhartha Mukherjee (Book), David Cieri (Original Music Composer)
First Air Date: Mar 30, 2015
Last Air date: Apr 01, 2015
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 3 Episode
Runtime: 120 minutes
IMDb: 7.56/10 by 8.00 users
Popularity: 5.9029
Language: English, German
Keyword : cancer, miniseries
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