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Why Cancer is so difficult to cure

Season 1 | 1m 02s

Cancer cells are constantly mutating and become resistant to drugs

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
Terri Rodighiero was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. This is her story.
The Rous Sarcoma Virus presented an opportunity to study carcinogenesis up close.
Cancer is the fastest growing disease on earth.
Ancient physicians struggle to understand cancer.
The discovery of the SRC oncogene won Bishop and Varmus the Nobel Prize
In 1947 Robert Sandler received his first injection of controversial amniopterin
Dr. Sidney Farber, an oncologist at Children's Hospital in Boston, strives for a cure.
Dr. Weinberg developed experiments to identify the first human oncogene- the Ras Oncogene.
Dr. Lori Wilson discusses her philosophy in treating her patients.
Dr. Fisher believed in lumpechtomy rather than mastechtomy for treating Breast Cancer.
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