Episodes (3)

Magic Bullets
S01E01 · Magic Bullets

Mar 30, 2015

The search for a "cure" for cancer is the greatest epic in the history of science, spanning centuries and continents. This episode follows that centuries-long search, but centers on the story of Sidney Farber, who, defying conventional wisdom in the late 1940s, introduces the modern era of chemotherapy, eventually galvanizing a "war on cancer." Interwoven with Farber's narrative is the contemporary story of a 14-month-old diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The film follows her as she and her parents struggle with the many hardships and decisions ...

Ep Two: The Blind Men and the Elephant
S01E02 · Ep Two: The Blind Men and the Elephant

Mar 31, 2015

This episode picks up the story in the wake of the declaration of a "war on cancer" by Richard Nixon in 1971 and the search for 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 few new therapies become available. Not until the late 1990s do advances in research begin to translate into more precise targeted therapies with breakthrough drugs. Following the history during these fraught decades, the film intertwines the contemporary story of an ...

Finding an Achilles Heel
S01E03 · Finding an Achilles Heel

Apr 01, 2015

This episode starts at a moment of optimism: Scientists believe they have cracked the mystery of the malignant cell, and the first targeted therapies have been developed. But very quickly cancer reveals new layers of complexity and a formidable array of defenses. Many call for a new focus on prevention and early detection as the most promising fronts in the war on cancer. By the second decade of the 2000s, the bewildering complexity of the cancer cell yields to a more ordered picture, revealing new vulnerabilities and avenues of attack. Perhaps most exciting is the ...

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Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies Season 1 (2015) is released on Mar 30, 2015. Watch Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is directed by Barak Goodman,Deborah Dickson,Chris Durrance,Jack Youngelson and created by David Blitstein with Edward Herrmann and Terrence Howard. Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is available online on Hoopla and Apple TV.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, this three-part series tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions. At six hours, the film interweaves a sweeping historical narrative; with intimate stories about contemporary patients; and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may have brought us, at long last, to the brink of lasting cures.

As know as:

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, Sairauksien keisari, Lidandets konung, Krebs - Eine Biografie - Der Herrscher aller Krankheiten

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Stream Service:

PBS

Production Companies:

Ark Media

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