history of cancer. we brought him back for a second round. joining me is dr. sid mokerjee. and robert sandler, whose twin brother was treated in a cancer trial in 1947. did you know about your brother s history? i had no idea until recently. until the book came out. you dedicated the book to robert sandler. you told the story. why robert in particular? robert was the first child to be treated with chemo therapy by sidney farber in boston. he had a brief response to the drug, had a relapse and, unfortunately, died soon after. by adding more combinations of the very same kinds of drugs, eventually this disease that robert had, acute leukemia came