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Cancer: A Conversation

28m 17s

This 30-minute special features a roundtable conversation hosted by Katie Couric of Yahoo! News and co-founder of “Stand Up To Cancer.” Couric interviews Ken Burns; Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President and CEO of WETA and a cancer survivor; and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book upon which the film is based.

Aired: 02/16/15
Genentech, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Siemens, David H. Koch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Kovler Fund, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C)
Extras
A young woman, a keyboard and cancer.
Find out about Jeannie Joseph's story. She says, "you've got to keep fighting."
Fighting childhood cancer with humor.
Dr. Taylor lost her brother at a very young age to cancer.
Fighting cancer on your terms.
Television actress Maura Tierney talks about her breast cancer diagnosis.
Cindy transforms her grief over the loss of her young son.
Dr. Baselga brings his years of experience and success into the conversation about cancer.
Jeff lost his son Pablo to cancer when he was 6 years old.
Jerri Little uses her music to deal with cancer.
Follow the centuries-long search for a cure, leading to chemotherapy and a “war on cancer.