CANCER: The Emperor of All Maladies airs on PBS March 30 – April 1

This three-part documentary presented by Ken Burns, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by former Dana-Farber fellow Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, covers the first documented appearances of cancer thousands of years ago, through the epic battles today to control, cure, and conquer the disease. This preview from the series includes historical footage of Dana-Farber’s Founder Sidney Farber, MD, and how the Jimmy Fund was started. http://to.pbs.org/196pC6v

Dana-Farber’s George D. Demetri, MD, and David G. Nathan, MD, recently discussed the film and the evolution of cancer research and treatment with the film’s director, Barak Goodman, and Nancy Koehn, from Harvard Business School.