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Second Opinion
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Second Opinion

Mar 1, 2014
1h 16m
★ 5.8

Overview

The story of a young science-writer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, who risked everything by blowing the whistle on a massive cover-up involving a promising cancer therapy.

Genres

Drama
Documentary

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Cast

Eric Merola

Himself

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Ralph W. Moss

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Alec Pruchnicki

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