Fighting Cancer

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Cancer is merciless. It can strike any time, spread without warning, and return unannounced. In this hour, TED speakers reframe not only how we treat cancer, but how we live with it and survive it. Guests include cancer technologist Jorge Soto, Dr. David Agus, Dr. Jay Bradner, Dr. Dean Ornish, and minister Debra Jarvis. (Original broadcast date: July 31, 2015)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Sky here. Just a quick note to let you know that today's show originally aired in July of 2015.
0:06.0	It's all about changing how we treat cancer and even our understanding of the disease.
0:10.8	And you're going to hear from some of the leading researchers and technologists involved in the fight against cancer.
0:16.0	And I promise you, it is not a depressing episode. It's actually pretty uplifting. So here it is.
0:22.6	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:27.6	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.
0:30.7	TED Talks.
0:31.5	Ted.
0:32.4	Ted, technology.
0:33.4	Entertainment. Design.
0:34.7	Design.
0:35.4	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:36.5	I've never known the...
0:37.5	Delivered at TED conferences around the world.
0:39.8	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:41.2	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:44.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:48.4	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio.
0:54.2	From NPR.
0:57.6	I'm Guy Ross.
0:59.4	Jorge Soto grew up in Mexico.
1:02.0	His parents are both doctors there.
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