Alerte : science contre cancer
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| Description | This film illustrates the importance of continued research in laboratories around the world in order to solve the problem of cancer, and aims to explain the current difficulties in identifying causes and cures. It begins with an overview of the birth of man from one cell and explores the complexity of the human body. It shows the isolation and testing of cancer cells and explains the effects of heredity and environment on normal cells. It further explains the difficulties of tracing several generations to identify heritability and the multitude of chemicals, etc. which affect cells and turn them cancerous. An overview of modern treatments likely to eradicate several forms of the disease are described. Shots include: laboratory testing, hospital waiting room, university science classroom with one female black woman, researchers interviewing former cancer patients at their homes, cancer treatment equipment, radium inserted in patient's mouth, radiation equipment lowered onto lesion of m |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | Ruhe, David S. (David Sieger), 1914-2005, consultant., Dryer, Bernard V. (Bernard Victor), 1918-1995, consultant., Bazilauskas, V. F., consultant., Parker, Morten, 1919-2014, film director., Glover, Guy, film producer., Canada. Department of National Heal |
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Attribution: Ruhe, David S. (David Sieger), 1914-2005, consultant., Dryer, Bernard V. (Bernard Victor), 1918-1995, consultant., Bazilauskas, V. F., consultant., Parker, Morten, 1919-2014, film director., Glover, Guy, film producer., Canada. Department of National Heal