Summary: For decades, the medical establishment has focused on producing pharmaceutical weapons to fight cancer-but some scientists are disillusioned with that approach. This program looks at developments in late-20th-century cancer research, showing how environmental and dietary studies have become marginalized. Biostatistician John Bailar laments conventional wisdom, calling for more preventive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In 1971, President Nixon declared war on cancer, envisioning a cure within five years. What mechanisms-financial, political, and medical-did his announcement set in motion? Are we any closer to winning the war? This program takes on those questions, examining milestones in cancer research and studying forces outside the scientific world that have driven or hindered anti-cancer efforts....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: More than 10 million people around the world live with cancer pain, which can persist even after successful treatment. This program presents case studies of cancer survivors who have confronted ongoing, debilitating pain; it also features commentary from experts and highlights pain therapies-those available today and those on the horizon. Dr. Gail Cooney of the Hospice of Palm Beach County,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: No drug or medicine has ever been proven safe and effective without a clinical trial. This program demonstrates the vital role of clinical trials in current cancer research, and explains why many medical experts view the clinical trial system as the basis for curing all forms of cancer-or turning it into a manageable disease that patients can live with. Personal testimony from trial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this TEDTalk, Jay Bradner of Harvard's Bradner Lab provides an overview of cancer research along with an inspiring look at how "crowdsourcing" can speed the search for a cure. When researchers at Harvard Medical School's Dana-Farber Institute found a molecule that might hold the answer to the deadly reproduction rate of cancer cells, they published their findings and mailed samples to 40...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Two of the most aggressive and deadly forms of cancer may soon become the targets of powerful drugs that work in tandem with the body's own immune system. This program explores recent research in the development of biochemical weapons to fight brain and skin cancer. Visiting a German pharmaceutical company at the forefront of these advances, the film shows how TGF (transforming growth factor)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Deborah Rhodes is an expert at managing breast-cancer risk. The director of the Mayo Clinic's Executive Health Program has developed a gamma camera which can see tumors that mammography misses. The life-saving implications are stunning - the tool is three times as effective as traditional mammograms for women with dense breast tissue. So why haven't we heard more about it? Rhodes shares the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Over the past century, Nobel Prize-winning scientists and doctors have worked untiringly to develop and fine-tune highly effective medical imaging equipment-tools that play a vital role in diagnosis and treatment. Combining rarely seen archival footage, interviews with imaging specialists, and incredible medical images, this program highlights milestones in X-ray scanning, magnetic resonance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Prolonged exposure to asbestos-or, in some cases, even moderate contact-can lead to a devastating cancer called mesothelioma. This program examines the specific causes of the disease while presenting case studies involving a variety of patient experiences. Viewers learn how mesothelioma occurs when malignant cells form in the protective sac, or mesothelium, covering many internal organs. Dr....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009