https://stream.housatonic.live/videos/watch/d4f7fd02-7704-4de8-8913-3c7be93039dc Source - 3-disc set purchased off of Ebay, September 2026 [2015] Cancer: Emperor of all maladies (PBS documentary) Disc 3 (Ken Burns) ASSET ID HM00KWCancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is a 2015 American documentary film produced and directed by Barak Goodman and executive produced by Ken Burns.[1][2][3][4] 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,[1] and describes the history of cancer and cancer treatments, particularly in the United States. Based on The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee Written by David Blistein / Ken Burns / Barak Goodman / Geoffrey Ward Directed by Barak Goodman Overview 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, making the series his final performance.[5] Episode 3 - "Finding the Achilles Heel" (2000–2015) April 1, 2015[9] Bert Vogelstein sets out to learn more about mutated cancer genes. Following the Human Genome Project, The Cancer Genome Atlas begins in 2005. The opposite of oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, are discovered. Further complexities in the history of cancer are revealed and new immunological approaches[10] are considered. William Coley is a pioneer in immune therapy. Jim Allison develops Yervoy. John Banzhaf convinces the Federal Communications Commission to rule that anti-smoking advertisements need to be aired on television to counter the tobacco company ads. Mary-Claire King finds the BRCA1 gene on human chromosome 17. The documentary film is narrated by Edward Herrmann, and includes the following participants: Dr. Arnold Levine Sherwin Nuland (father of Victoria 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 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:59:28 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.housatonic.live https://stream.housatonic.live/lazy-static/avatars/71ac699f-493d-4536-8d9f-ca460cbd187a.jpg https://stream.housatonic.live/videos/watch/d4f7fd02-7704-4de8-8913-3c7be93039dc All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.housatonic.live/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.