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The challenges of fighting gynecological cancers

Clip: 11/16/2016 | 8m 15s

In honor of our colleague Gwen Ifill, we turn to the subject of gynecological cancers.

PBS journalist Gwen Ifill passed away Monday after a battle with endometrial cancer. Do gynecological cancers receive the attention they deserve? Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. Angela Marshall of the Black Women's Health Imperative and Dr. Karen Lu of the MD Anderson Cancer Center to discuss what’s being done to diagnose and treat these cancers.

11/16/2016 | Rating NR

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