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What is the truth about cancer? Is it the same deadly killer it was 30 years ago - or are we making progress? Find out through the poignant stories of patients battling the disease.

Written, produced, and directed by award-winning filmmaker Linda Garmon, "THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER" is a 90-minute documentary that is narrated by Garmon, who tells the moving story of her husband's battle with cancer. Over the course of the film, Garmon exposes startling truths about survival rates of metastisized cancers, and the limited success of drugs and clinical trials. Interwoven throughout are the stories of three additional cancer patients, and their families and doctors, as they navigate the deeply personal decisions surrounding the disease. The documentary also follows several medical professionals working to promote screening, research the latest developments in cancer treatment, and help patients and their families live with a cancer diagnosis.

Followed by a 30-minute panel discussion entitled "TAKE ONE STEP: A CONVERSATION ABOUT CANCER WITH LINDA ELLERBEE" the in-depth look at cancer continues. News journalist and breast cancer survivor Linda Ellerbee moderates a dialogue which features a panel of doctors, all of whom are cancer survivors themselves.

Having sat on both sides of a cancer diagnosis, the panel shares their unique perspectives, offering both personal and professional observations on how to handle a cancer diagnosis, what to say to loved ones, how to advocate for yourself, and how to best live your life, with cancer. Panelists include U.S. News and World Report health editor Dr. Bernadine Healy; breast cancer surgeon and Breast Cancer Research stamp mastermind Dr. Ernie Bodai; neurologist and leading palliative care expert Dr. Richard Payne; and counseling psychologist Dr. Paul Brenner.

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