Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

  • : 2015
  • : 3
  • : 7
  • PBS
  • Documentary

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Magic Bullets
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30, 2015
The search for a “cure” for cancer is the greatest epic in the history of science. It spans centuries and continents and is full of its share of heroes, villains, and sudden vertiginous .. show full overview
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The Blind Men and the Elephant
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31, 2015
This episode picks up the story 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 .. show full overview
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Finding an Achilles Heel
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01, 2015
This episode picks up the story at another moment of buoyant optimism in the cancer world: Scientists believe they have cracked the essential mystery of the malignant cell and the first .. show full overview

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