Cast
- Harry Connick, Jr. as Dr. Dennis Slamon
- Paula Cale as Donna, Dr. Slamon's wife
- Angie Harmon as Lilly Tartikoff, wife of Brandon Tartikoff (NBC Television president)
- Amanda Bynes as Jamie, Dr. Slamon's student assistant
- Bernadette Peters as Barbara Bradfield, a retired art teacher and the first woman the drug trial saved by Herceptin
- Regina King as Ellie, a fashion designer and breast cancer survivor
- John Benjamin Hickey as Blake Rogers, Dr. Slamon's friend and fellow scientist
- Swoosie Kurtz as Elizabeth, Nicole's mother
- Melissa McBride as Sally
- Tammy Blanchard as Nicole, the first woman to receive Herceptin
- Amy Madigan as Fran Visco, President of the National Breast Cancer Coalition
- Trudie Styler as Tina, participant in Phase One of the Her2 study
- Jennifer Coolidge as Tish, participant in Phase One of the Her2 study
- Bruce McKinnon as Dean Bradfield, Barbara Bradfield's loving husband
- Lance E. Nichols as Dr. Brown, Barbara's physician
- Rhoda Griffis as Bindy Hawn, a member of the Revlon charity board
- William Ragsdale as Andy Marks
Note: the women patients portrayed are composites with the exception of Barbara Bradfield.
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