nowadays,the impact of cancer is not limited to patients and loved ones, not confined to hospital wards and research labs. It's a powerful symbol appropriated by Hollywood, and the news media,and every realm of expression to signify what we most fear. In the moment hour of "The Cancer prove," the stories we tell approximately cancer: on stage, or on the big screen,and online.
This weeks On The Media is part of WNYCs Living Cancer Series, a radio companion to “Ken Burns Presents Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, or coming to PBS March 30th. Support for Living Cancer is if by the Susan and Peter Solomon Family Foundation. Additional funding for WNYC’s medical science reporting is if by the Iris and Junming Le Foundation.
Source: onthemedia.org