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A Public Lecture by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., the oncologist who ambitiously tackled the 4,000-year recorded history of cancer in his first book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” will deliver a free public lecture at Northwestern University May 1.

In his book, which received a 2011 Pulitzer Prize, Mukherjee traces the social and scientific responses to cancer in “an attempt to enter the mind of this immortal illness, to understand its personality, to demystify its behavior.”

During his talk Mukherjee will expound on his central character, from its ancient origins — including a description of the disease on a crumbling Egyptian papyrus — to today’s recent discoveries and the ongoing battle to control, cure and conquer cancer.

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The talk, “The Changing Landscape of Cancer,” will start at 6 p.m. at the Ryan Family Auditorium in the Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, on the Evanston campus. Prior to the talk, a public reception will be held in the lobby starting at 5 p.m.

A Q-and-A session will follow Mukherjee’s talk.

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