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Ken Burns' Series Prompts Eastern Standard on Cancer in Kentucky

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Published March 23, 2015 at 12:38 AM EDT

A three-part public TV series will focus next week on Cancer: the Emperor of All Maladies. It’s the latest production from documentarian Ken Burns. On this week’s Eastern Standard, Cancer in Kentucky.

Our guests this week - Dr. Donald Miller- Director of the James Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville; Dr. Kraig Humbaugh- Deputy Public Health Commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Public Health.

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Check out the video trailer for Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365362396/

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