Christin Melton

The premiere last night of "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies," a three-part film by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns lit up twitter last night, with patients, survivors, practitioners, researchers, advocates, and more sharing their thoughts on the first episode.

The Emperor of All Maladies bills itself as a "biography of cancer," and while author Siddhartha Mukherjee cannot tell us precisely when cancer opened its eyes in this world...

Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, discusses his book The Emperor of All Maladies.