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Cancer Answers is hosted by Dr. Anees Chagpar, Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and Director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Dr. Francine Foss, Professor of Medical Oncology. The show features a guest cancer specialist who will share the most recent advances in cancer therapy and respond to listeners questions. Myths, facts and advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment are discussed, with a different focus eachweek. Nationally acclaimed specialists in various types of cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment discuss common misconceptions about the disease and respond to questions from the community.Listeners can submit questions to be answered on the program at canceranswers@yale.edu or by leaving a message at (888) 234-4YCC. As a resource, archived programs from 2006 through the present are available in both audio and written versions on the Yale Cancer Center website.

An Asbestos Scandal Reaches Yale; The Mind of a Psychopath

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This hour, we talk with neuroscientist James Fallon. He found something shockingwhen he was looking at brain scans of serial killers. We’ll talk about his book The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain and what his research might tell us about Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza.

Also, an Italian organization representing victims of asbestos exposure has asked Yale University to rescind an honorary degreeawarded to the owner of the company they once worked for. It’s a story about what’s called an “environmental disaster” -- but also about whether one’s good deeds and philanthropy can make up for a controversial past.

GUESTS: 

  • Diane Orson, WNPR Managing Editor, Morning Edition host
  • Barry Castleman, Environmental Consultant, author
  • James Fallon, Neuroscientist, Author of The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.

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