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Siddhartha Mukherjee

HARDtalk meets one of America's leading cancer specialists Siddhartha Mukherjee. 8 years after the publication of his book 'The Emperor of Maladies', is cancer any less of a curse?

Hundreds of billions of dollars is poured into cancer treatment and research every year. We understand it better and have more effective tools to combat it than ever before, yet it kills close to ten million of us every year. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America's leading cancer specialists - Siddhartha Mukherjee. His book, The Emperor of Maladies - a self-styled biography of cancer that paints a unique picture of the disease weaves together memoir, science and a writer's sensibility. Eight years on from its publication, is cancer any less of a curse?

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Jan 2019 07:30GMT

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Siddhartha Mukherjee

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