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Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Clip: Season 1 | 37m 58s
Highlights from the film.
Aired: 03/29/15
Video has closed captioning.Genentech, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Siemens, David H. Koch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Kovler Fund, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C)
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
The Emperor of All Maladies artfully weaves three different films in one.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Virchow's microscope reveals that all cancer cells grow from normal cells
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Why Cancer is so difficult to cure
Cancer cells are constantly mutating and become resistant to drugs
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Scientists are finally able to prove the health hazards of smoking.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
In 1947 Robert Sandler received his first injection of controversial amniopterin
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
The future of cancer research and treatment is optimistic.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Doctors will soon be able to map all genes and pathways of the human body.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
A series of poignant photographs, a lifetime of memories.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Television actress Maura Tierney talks about her breast cancer diagnosis.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Lew Klein finds the humor in everything, even a cancer diagnosis.
