Cancer : the emperor of all maladies / Ken Burns presents ; a film by Barak Goodman ; a production of Florentine Films, Laura Ziskin Pictures and WETA Washington, D.C. in association with Ark Media ; written by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns, Barak Goodman & David Blistein.

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Presents a history of cancer, from ancient times to the present day. Includes stories of contemporary patients and examines the latest scientific research which might indicate that we are on the brink of a lasting cure.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Cancer: the emperor of all maladies (Television program)
Corporate Authors:	Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Broadcaster) Florentine Films (Production company) Laura Ziskin Productions (Production company) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Production company) Ark Media (Firm) (Production company) PBS Distribution (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Goodman, Barak (Filmmaker, Television director, Television producer, Screenwriter) Burns, Ken, 1953- (Presenter, Screenwriter, Television producer) Ward, Geoffrey C. (Screenwriter) Blistein, David (Screenwriter) Youngelson, Jack (Television director) Durrance, Chris (Television director) Dickson, Deborah (Television director) Mukherjee, Siddhartha Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014 (Narrator) Cieri, David (composer (expression))
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned in English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); audio-described in English.
Published:	[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2015]
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Cancer > History. Leukemia > History. Mukherjee, Siddhartha > Television adaptations. Leukemia > history. Neoplasms > history. Feature films. Medical television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television adaptations. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Television adaptations. Feature films. Medical television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., that is 5 hrs., 44 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Emperor of all maladies. Ken Burns presents.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

episode 1. Magic bullets
episode 2. The blind men and the elephant
episode 3. Finding an Achilles heel.
Special features: Interview with the filmmakers
Additional scenes.