Monday, March 30, 2015

Must See TV

Some fascinating stuff going on in the world of cancer treatment. If you did not see 60 Minutes last night, you need to go and watch it. They are fighting glioblastomas with the polio virus and people's own immune system.  Hmm, imagine that using your immune system to fight cancer, how awesome.



Required reading for anyone who has ever known anyone who has had cancer is the Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. Well the incomparable Ken Burns has produced a documentary on this. If you ever want to feel grateful about the treatments we have now, you need to understand where we've come from and where we are going. It airs Monday March 30, Tuesday March 31, and Wednesday April 1 at 9 PM on PBS.


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