It is discovered that antibodies within the human immune system can fight oncogenes. Peters develops the Solid Tumor Autologous Marrow Program ( STAMP) regimen. Robert Weinberg is interviewed discussing his search for a human oncogene and his finding of Ras. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus study the oncogene SRC. The research of Bradford Hill and Richard Doll is covered with respect to chemical carcinogenesis.īruce Ames zeros in on mutagens. The 1950 Wynder and Graham Study is reviewed. Several successful cancer therapies are examined. The basic nature of cancer cells, the role of viral and chemical carcinogens, and a relationship of cancer to genes, are described. 'The Blind Men and the Elephant' (1970–2000) The beginning of the ' war on cancer' in the United States is presented. Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman begin targeting cancer cells with nitrogen mustard. Emil Grubbe comes up with radiation treatment.

Sidney Farber pioneers chemotherapy while William Halsted pioneers surgical oncology. Episodes No.Ī summary of the history of cancer is presented. He died on December 31, 2014, three months before the film's release, making the series his final performance. The film is narrated by Edward Herrmann, who was himself suffering from terminal brain cancer at the time of its production. 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. 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 emperor of all maladies