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Wikipedia article




'Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies' is a 2015 American documentary film produced and directed by Barak Goodman and executive produced by Ken Burns. The film, in three episodes of two hours each, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2010 book 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer', by Siddhartha Mukherjee, and describes the history of cancer and cancer treatments, particularly in the United States.

The film is narrated by Edward Herrmann, who was himself suffering from terminal brain cancer at the time of its production. He died on December 31, 2014, three months before the film's release.

Episodes



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Participants



The documentary film is narrated by Edward Herrmann, and includes the following participants:

*Dr. Arnold Levine

* Sherwin Nuland

*James P. Allison, episode 3

*Dr. Bernard Fisher

*Emil J. Freireich

*Carl June

*Howard Markel

*Dr. Donald Pinkel

*Dr. Eric Lander

*Dr. James Holland

*Dr. Jimmie Holland

*Dr. Jose Baselga

*Charles Sawyers

*Dr. Lori Wilson

*Dr. Robert Weinberg

*John Bailar

*Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee

*Dr. Sidney Farber

*Dr. Susan Love

*Dr. Suzanne Cole

*Dr. Todd Golub

*Dr. Vincent DeVita

*Edward R. Murrow

*Jerome Groopman

*Mary Lasker

Gallery





Image:Nci-vol-8226-300 bernard fisher.jpg|Dr. Bernard Fisher

Image:Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee 2011.jpg|Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee

Image:Sidney Farber nci-vol-1926-300.jpg|Dr. Sidney Farber

Image:Dr. Susan Love.jpg|Dr. Susan Love

Image:Mary Lasker.jpg|Mary Lasker



Critical response



According to a review in the 'Los Angeles Times', the film is "the single most personally relevant documentary of this or any year". According to a review in 'The New York Times', the series is "absorbing", is "structured as an ever-evolving medical detective story, but the filmmakers give it heart as well by juxtaposing the history lessons with present-day personal profiles of cancer patients", seems perhaps "too much like a promotional video for cancer researchers and hospitals", and "touches only briefly on the significant issue of costs" but "achieves its main goal, which is to show the human impact of cancer."

See also



*History of cancer

*History of cancer chemotherapy

*Human Genome Project

References




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