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Episode 2: The Knife is the Cure

Oct 2, 2024
25 mins

Episode Description

At the end of the 19th century, a New York surgeon determined that the only way to cure breast cancer was with radical surgery. For the next hundred years, millions of breast cancer survivors bore the mark of his disfiguring approach.



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