Week In Review And The Future Of Cancer Treatment

This hour, host Meghna Chakrabarti reviews the week's biggest headlines with Boston College professor Tiziana Dearing and senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute Charlie Chieppo. We also touch down in Houston with WBUR Sports and Society reporter Shira Springer for one last look at Super Bowl LI. Finally, CommonHealth's Carey Goldberg and Dr. Monica Bertagnoli, chief of surgical oncology at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's, take listener calls about treatment and cures for cancer in light of rapid advances in the field over the last decade.