Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies Biography of Cancer.

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies Biography of Cancer is a Pulitzer Prize winning book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born, American oncologist. Dr. Mukherjee brilliantly uses his experiences and research intertwined with the history of cancer to tell us the story beginning in 440 B.C.

Time magazine describes the book as one of the “100 most influential books of the last 100 years” and the New York Times magazine describes it as the 100 best works of non-fiction.

Ken Burns, executive producer and co-writer with Laura Ziskins, Hollywood producer who died of breast cancer in 2011, document The Emperor of All Maladies in a three-part, six-hour film being aired on PBS.

You don’t have to be a genius, an Einstein or Franklin to understand the documentary or the book. At times the documentary plays like a detective novel. Each part is a two-hour film covering the tragedies, triumphs, highs and lows of the complexities of cancer.

Why watch the six-hour documentary on cancer? Real people: patients, caregivers, doctors bravely share their stories of hope and frustrations. In the past, cancer has been an antiquated death sentence, but now each day is bringing hope through scientific discoveries and collaborations.

You will see there are no failures when it comes to conquering cancer. Instead, each failure is a stepping stone to successfully eradicating this disease that has terrorized each of us in one way or another.

Patients as well as researchers, scientists and doctors are the pioneers. It is monumentally important that we have the necessary funds to continue researching, developing new drugs, therapies and treatments in the fight against cancer.

Please watch or read- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.

Contact your congress and representatives. Urge them to allocate funds for cancer research. Every year funding has been drastically cut for cancer research. Be an activist, please go to www.onedegreeproject.org and fight back.

It doesn’t cost a thing to let Our Congress know we want more funds spent to eradicate this disease. You can also call this toll free number 1 (844) 289-1605. The operator will identify your member of Congress and transfer your call to their office.

Leave this message, “I live in (city) and I am asking Senator/Representative (name) to increase funding for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health because we are all One Degree from cancer.”