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MUMBAI: In a powerful hour of informative and inspirational conversation,
CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Tour
de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong join forces
to discuss the killer disease that touches everyone in some way:
cancer.
 Also
joining saving your life are renowned cancer experts, Dr. Harold
Freeman, associate director of the US National Cancer Institute
and medical director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care
and Prevention, and Dr. Jim Hotz, an expert on rural health care
and cancer whose story inspired the movie Doc Hollywood. The panel
also features dedicated individuals who devote their time to educate
their community in better understanding cancer.
The special program also includes the following segments:
· A discussion with Armstrong, Freeman and cancer survivor
and magazine editor Clifton Leaf in which they conclude that the
lives of hundreds of thousands cancer victims could be saved through
the application of current knowledge about cancer;
· A profile of Baker and Terrell Counties in southwest Georgia,
which hold some of the highest cancer rates and colon cancer death
rates in the nation;
· A profile of a young African-American woman with breast
cancer and of Freeman, who designed a “navigator” system
to help Harlem women with breast cancer have a better chance of
survival;
· A profile of a young Colorado boy with a rare bone cancer
and a look at the issues of childhood cancers and orphan drugs;
· A profile of a man who thought he had beaten cancer only
to learn months later the cancer had spread. Gupta, Armstrong and
Leaf examine the relative lack of funding for metastatic cancer,
the most deadly form of the disease;
· An exclusive look at Armstrong’s MRI images revealing
the two large tumors that almost killed the man now synonymous with
cancer survival.
“This is an exclusive opportunity to hear from some of the
most distinguished members of the medical community about their
advice on how to avoid and beat cancer,” Gupta said. “It’s
also a testament to those survivors who can offer firsthand advice
that can save lives”
Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
Sat, January 13 at 1230hrs and 2030hrs
Sun, January 14 at 1230hrs
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