Cancer has existed as long as mankind itself. A disease as unpredictable as it is stubborn. The author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee leads through the fascinating history of cancer research - from its beginnings to the development of new treatment methods that are curing more and more people. The documentary is based on the excellent bestseller "The King of All Diseases. Cancer - A Biography", which Der Spiegel praised as "a magnificent cultural history of cancer".
The history of cancer is marked by human suffering and thirst for knowledge, wrong decisions and ingenuity, setbacks and breakthroughs.
Cancer has existed as long as mankind itself. A disease as unpredictable as it is stubborn. The author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee leads through the fascinating history of cancer research - from its beginnings to the development of new treatment methods that are curing more and more people. The documentary is based on the excellent bestseller "The King of All Diseases. Cancer - A Biography", which Der Spiegel praised as "a magnificent cultural history of cancer".