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Aspen Ideas Festival
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Film and Discussion
Season 1
Episode 19
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, documentary series directed by award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman and executive produced by Ken Burns, tells the comprehensive story of cancer from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions. Based on The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD.
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