Siddhartha Mukherjee - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer physician and researcher, discusses his book, "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer." Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths in the fight against cancer, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers. Presented by Harvard Book Store. More lectures at forum-network.org
This talk was taped on December 2, 2010.

[@jamesk5369]

his book inspired me to change careers from business to medicine. thank you Doctor

[@MouseHandStrong]

"(Shamanic aspects of medicine) are so stitched into our anthropological consciousness that replacing them will really mean the death of human beings." Way to drop a bombshell, Dr. Mukherjee...

[@josephbanich4197]

Read the book after my wife was diagnosed with Stage IIIb lobular invasive breast cancer. What a wonderful book about this dreadful disease. Learned so much. Thank you Doc for such a great book

[@mknlb50]

No offense, but you should try doing cancer research yourself instead of going the wrong way about describing how people are dealing with this dreadful disease.

[@sandiek9]

I also had invasive lobular cancer, stage 3C. I'm still here after 8 years, and hope you wife fared well, too. I loved this book.

[@richardkramss977]

1. You are quite wrong - it's not a deficiency disorder. 2. The FDA is not lying to anyone. 3. You should not be making your uneducated comments on this site.@deprogrammer

[@goofycker]

@deprogrammer B17 was a heavy bomber in WWII - sorry to correct you

[@connyvalay908]

I want to used this miss to thank Dr IDIALU the spell caster and herbal healer who has put a smile in my face once again with the help of his herbal work it's be 4 years in which I have being going through pancreatic cancer virus since then the virus has being eating me up getting wick every having pain from different part of my body can't move from one place to another the ingredients of bile build up in the blood. this turns my skin and the my eyes yellow I normally had dark urine, light colored stools, and itching. Abdominal pain. i have try or i could its sees that drugs prescription being given to me in different hospital is not working. it was one faithful day i was going through social media were i came across Mrs Andy Vanessa testimony how she was cured from pancreatic cancer' immediately i contact him he told me what I needed to do I did as he said before he prepare the herbal medication and Dr idialu informed me after consuming the medication i should go for check up i did as he said dr idialu is a man of his world with understanding character's I will forever be great full to god almighty for reaching me at that particular time through DR IDIALU lot's more email [e-mail] or WhatsApp [phone] BELLOW HIS WEB SITE LINK chat.whatsapp.com/C7pnDc9hVvX49SaE2X0GI3 ...

[@Sophia1a1]

Wow! What a smart person, very intellectual and articulate

[@MunsonLung1]

Every cancer patient should read this book, and every family member of a cancer patient should read this book as well.

[@Biomeducated]

Couldn't resist any longer. Watched this and decided to finally buy the book. Just did on Kindle. excited to start reading. As a biomedical researcher (with interest and some working experience in cancer) this is a must-read to finally tick off!

[@harima2710]

lively and useful speech!

[@acajudi100]

I enjoyed this book. Thank you.

[@leeosborne2611]

What a great book/video. If you want to do something better with your life. Expand yourself. It will give you a view of modern medical science.

[@kevindoyle3614]

Agree 1000 %

[@kevindoyle3614]

Dr. Muhkerjee a wonderful man

[@jyotijindal2129]

woahh!!

[@ScottPalmer-mp1we]

It's a good book but could do without lapsing into digressions like describing Dorchester, Massachusetts. Such irrelevancies mar what would otherwise be a great read. Sometimes, while reading, I just think, "Get to the point!". The book does have a lot of great information and is otherwise well-written. Highly engrossing and interesting.

[@HundreadD]

RIP Techno

[@westfield90]

I’ve become very pessimistic about curing cancer. About a decade ago when the promise of stem cells was the rage I was very optimistic but now ten years later most of the stem cell research and companies funding it have folded and with it the promise of a cure. The truth is we really do not understand cancer and as these researchers found out that the more we learn the more we discover that the less we know. When I look at the state of cancer today and most frontline treatment is still radiation which was the main treatment 60 years ago is a very sobering reality at how little progress we have made. Yes the earlier detection and screening is better but once you have cancer it is really generally a death sentence. Even the hope of immunotherapy is limited to one type of cancer and recent trials with pancreatic cancer showed no improvements. The problem is that we really do not understand cancer and the various forms and stimuli which makes it so difficult to beat. When I hear idiotic politicians of both sides with the latest being Joe Biden saying we will cure cancer in 4 years if he’s elected is as Sid said stupid. It’s not a political issue. It’s something that will still be here In all of our lifetimes. There is no cure round the corner.

[@connyvalay908]

I want to used this miss to thank Dr IDIALU the spell caster and herbal healer who has put a smile in my face once again with the help of his herbal work it's be 4 years in which I have being going through pancreatic cancer virus since then the virus has being eating me up getting wick every having pain from different part of my body can't move from one place to another the ingredients of bile build up in the blood. this turns my skin and the my eyes yellow I normally had dark urine, light colored stools, and itching. Abdominal pain. i have try or i could its sees that drugs prescription being given to me in different hospital is not working. it was one faithful day i was going through social media were i came across Mrs Andy Vanessa testimony how she was cured from pancreatic cancer' immediately i contact him he told me what I needed to do I did as he said before he prepare the herbal medication and Dr idialu informed me after consuming the medication i should go for check up i did as he said dr idialu is a man of his world with understanding character's I will forever be great full to god almighty for reaching me at that particular time through DR IDIALU lot's more email [e-mail] or WhatsApp [phone] BELLOW HIS WEB SITE LINK chat.whatsapp.com/C7pnDc9hVvX49SaE2X0GI3 .,..

[@srikiranks]

@westfield90 I hear you! This is 2020 but still neither a definitive cause nor a definitive cure has been found for cancer. Every passing decade there's been an increase in new types of 🦀 cancers! How many thousands of doctors, scientists, biologists and oncologists, nutritionists have been working on cancer cure since 1950s? As long as there are trillion-dollar pharma companies trying to cure cancer, it will only increase and not decrease; I hope you got the clue.

[@abhinavheya6289]

​@@srikiranks a medical Einstein needs to arrive

[@hi-gf5yl]

⁠​⁠@@abhinavheya6289Maybe he has already arrived.

[@AyyashAhmad]

can't believe this is now a jojo reference

[@GibbousTT]

How?