The Oldest Enemy: A Biography of Cancer | Emperor of All Maladies Ep. 1

“Cancer is not just a disease. It’s a story—thousands of years old.”

In this first episode of The Emperor of All Maladies series, we explore the ancient origins of cancer, from Egyptian medical scrolls to Hippocrates' crab-like diagnosis. Inspired by Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book, this video traces humanity’s earliest encounters with a disease that has shaped—and haunted—medicine for millennia.

📖 Based on The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee.

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0:00 – Cancer Before Medicine
0:25 – The Edwin Smith Papyrus
0:51 – Hippocrates and the Crab
1:11 – Cancer as a Disease of Time
2:14 – Mukherjee’s Perspective
2:42 – Next Episode Preview