Barak Goodman

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@HopkinsMedicine @KenBurns @CancerFilm @theNCI We owe JohnsHopkins so much. A wonderful hospital full of dedicated, amazing people. Thanks!

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@genentech @KenBurns @SU2C @PBS Thank you Genentech, without whom this documentary series would have been impossible!

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@sloan_kettering @KenBurns @PBS @wetatvfm @SU2C @CancerFilm thank you MSK for your invaluable help and cooperation!

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@NewsHour Hope. C research is galloping ahead. The possibility of lasting cures has never been greater. Future is bright #NewsHourChats

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@CancerWOW Hope you like it. Tonight, tomorrow night, and the next night. #newshourchats

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@NewsHour Cost of drugs so high sometimes puts families in a cruel bind: how much money for how much extra time? #newshourchats

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@nfb11 @NewsHour That's outrageous. I think you need a new GP. Insurance too sometimes won't pay for genetic testing. #NewsHourChats

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@jimschachter Perhaps. I think there's a sense that until you've had it, you can't understand. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour Huge. They still talk about the "Couric Effect" after Katie's televised colonoscopy. Save thousands of lives. #NewsHourChats

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@marysdesk In the 1950's, medical students were told not to tell their patients they had cancer. Considered cruel. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour Now, we try to target exactly what is broken in the cancer cell, sparing the rest of the body. (2 of 2) #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour Precision. Therapy used to be a blunt instrument, poison the body with chemo and hope for the best. (1 of 2) #NewsHourChats

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@marysdesk @NoraJaneDaly @NewsHour We found patients who felt they were at fault for their cancer. Hard to shake that. #newshourchats

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@marysdesk @NewsHour good point. Media can distort as much as help. Help create impatience in public opinion #NewsHourChats.

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@NewsHour these cultural moments help drag C into the open, where it can be confronted. (2 of 2) #newshourchats

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@NewsHour Large. Brian’s Song, Love Story – these were seminal. Now, The Fault in Our Stars for a new generation. (1 of 2) #NewsHourChats

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@NoraJaneDaly @NewsHour Americans don't like this. Like to be in control. But Cancer may be more random than preventible. #newshourchats

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@marysdesk @NewsHour And it's down 20 percent over the last few years in real terms thanks to DC budget battles. #newshourchats

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@marysdesk @NewsHour She has taken a hit for her decisions. I think she's a hero. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour Also, more awareness = more pressure on leaders to spend for basic research. #newshourchats