Recent Press Coverage

“The documentary provides a well-balanced view of the challenges and opportunities of genomic medicine, as shown by the lives of patients enrolled in a pioneering clinical trial. The intersect of computing and the biology of cancer is sure to fundamentally alter the approach to cancer therapy, and Cracking Cancer captures the excitement of this future.”

– Dr. Adrian Lee, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Director, Women’s Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

“In an unobtrusive ‘observational’ style we are privy to the intimate medical lives of several participants at various stages of the POG program, illustrating their diversity of outcomes, but also the day-to-day disruption, anxiety, and drama of experiencing cancer diagnosis and treatment…In presenting an accessible, detailed, and balanced look at the work of the POG team, The Nature of Things is doing valuable public engagement work at the cutting edge of cancer research.”

– Catherine Lucas, The Lancet Oncology

“Cracking cancer is an important, high quality film with hope and full of potential educational value to help health care leaders, students and patients understand the critical issues accentuated in this age of personalized medicine…A classroom viewing might include discussions of important considerations like how to view opportunity costs, the relative value of different methods for knowledge dissemination and why evidence review is more than just an exercise in quantification.”

– Dr. Jeffrey S. Hoch, Professor and Chief, Division of Health Policy and Management, Associate Director, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California-Davis

“Compelling…A fascinating development in the ongoing struggle to battle cancer. Recommended for science classes studying biology and genetics.”

– Ragan O’Malley, School Library Journal