MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Siemens affirmed its commitment to sponsor the PBS special "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies" a six-hour, three-part series helmed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name by Siddhartha Mukherjee, the documentary chronicles the 4,000-year effort to understand, treat and ultimately cure cancer. Siemens' investment in the production is synergistic with the company's mission of innovating to advance human health.