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Originally Posted by Hopeful
The first parts of The Emperor of All Maladies are viewable now at
http://video.pbs.org/program/story-c...-all-maladies/
From what I've seen so far, it is a really well made series. It is fascinating to watch the history of cancer research, although the personal stories intertwined are tough.
Very thought provoking... |
The history of cancer treatment seems to have involved a series of misguided approaches, each one followed by a discovery or advance that had great promise but turned out not to be the magic bullet after all. Still, we're routinely saving people who would have had no hope in past decades, and new knowledge keeps moving us forward.
It's odd that the show didn't mention the FDA when talking about the leukemia (and MDS) drug Gleevec.