© 2023 KUNR
An illustrated mountainscape with trees and a broadcast tower.
Serving Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations

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

Fresh Air
Published March 27, 2015 at 10:09 AM PDT

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.

Copyright 2021 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air.