Concerning Cancer The Nature Of The Problem

Record ID: 126645
  • Title: Concerning Cancer The Nature Of The Problem
  • Date: 21st February 1989
  • Summary: CANCERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF ABOUT ONE IN FOUR OF US. THIS PROG. LOOKS BEHIND THE FEARS AND MYTHS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE A TRUE SENSE OF THE PROBLEM - FACTS, WHAT WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT CAUSES, AVOIDING AND TREATING THEM. LOOKING BACK TO CANCERS IN ANCIENT TIMES THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT ANCIENT PEOPLES DID NOT SUFFER FROM TODAY'S HIGH RATES OF CANCER. HEADWAY IS BEING MADE BY SCIENTISTS BY TRYING TO UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF CANCER; IN TRYING TO DEFEAT THIS, MEDICINE EMPLOYS SURGERY, RADIOTHERAPY, CHEMEOTHERAPY WHILE IN THE LABS NEW AGENTS EG. INTERFERON ARE BEING DEVELOPED. THE PROGRAMME TAKES A BALANCED AND FRANK LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: EARLY DETECTION, THE AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF TREATMENT. MANY CANCERS CAN NOW BE CURED AND AVOIDED AND WITH THOROUGH TREATMENT THOUSANDS MORE LIVES CAN BE SAVED. PRESENTER IS DR JOHN CORMACK. '89 IS EUROPEAN YEAR OF INFORMATION ON CANCER.
  • Description:A PROGRAMME TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE A PRACTICAL SENSE OF OF THE OMNIPRESENCE OF CANCER.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Compass Films
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:21/02/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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