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Finding the Achilles Heel -PBS series on cancer

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:48 am
by D.ap
A series I highly recommend on watching.
From cancer history to current case studies.
Very eye opening and informative.


http://www.denverpost.com/television/ci ... y-pbs.html
The statistical fact is, everyone's life has been touched by cancer.


Siddhartha Mukherjee, left, author of "Cancer: Emperor of all Maladies," and filmmaker Ken Burns.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, left, author of "Cancer: Emperor of all Maladies," and filmmaker Ken Burns. (Provided by PBS)

Based on the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" (Simon & Schuster), the film is an ambitious effort supported by a Web series, NPR radio shows, educational outreach and more.

Airing March 30-April 1, 8-10 p.m. each night on Rocky Mountain PBS, the three-part, six-hour film by Barak Goodman is more uplifting than heartbreaking.

The takeaway is that researchers believe "real, durable cures are not only foreseeable but inevitable."
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/cancer-empe ... dies/home/