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An Oncologist's 'Biography Of Cancer' Adapted Into A Documentary

Published March 27, 2015 at 12:15 PM CDT

In The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee chronicled how our understanding of cancer has evolved .Starting Monday, Ken Burns' three-part documentary will air on PBS. Terry Gross talked with Mukherjee in 2010.

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