PBS Documentary beginning 03-30-15

8 years 11 months ago #48619 by sara.anne
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Anita, of course they did not mention bladder cancer! We do not exist.

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8 years 11 months ago #48618 by DougG
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We watched parts of nights 1 and 3. Did they ever mention bladder cancer?

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9 years 1 day ago #48584 by sara.anne
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Yes, I have seen the reports of this. I very much admired the book
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. It will be interesting to see this....I don't quite see how they can make a movie out of this!!

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9 years 1 day ago #48583 by MadLove
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I recently heard about the three part documentary by Ken Burns called Cancer: The Emperor of Maladies. It is being well reviewed. It will air on PBS March 30-31 and April 1 from 9-11PM ET.

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01/2015 1st cystoscopy
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07/2015 Finished BCGx6
08/2015 biopsy-BENIGN!
10/2015 Finished BCGx3
12/2015 Cysto, redness
01/2016 TURBT, Benign
04/2016 Cysto
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