NOVA: Cuba's Cancer Hope

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published March 30, 2020 at 2:18 PM PDT

"Cuba’s Cancer Hope" artwork. NOVA “Cuba’s Cancer Hope” premieres April 1, 2020.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Oct. 11 at 10 p.m. & Monday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2

When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban doctors were forced to get creative. Now they’ve developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment.In an unprecedented move, Cuban researchers are working with U.S. partners to make the medicines more widely available. Learn more about this collaboration on NOVA "Cuba's Cancer Hope."

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During PBS’s NOVA “Cuba’s Cancer Hope” session at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, CA on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, featured patient George Keays; Jacobs Family Chair in Immunology and Senior Vice President for Basic Science, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Kelvin Lee, MD; producer, writer and director Llewellyn “Llew” Smith; and series co-executive producer Julia Cort discussed how Cuban advancements in lung cancer vaccines compel Americans to defy the embargo and travel to Cuba for treatment.

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