Description: Prevalence of cancer concerns neighbors of Pilgrim nuclear power plant, who take it upon themselves to monitor ambient radiation more carefully than Edison. Waves on Plymouth shore.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/23/1990
Description: Early detection of colo-rectal cancer (such as Tip O'Neill's) would increase probability of cure dramatically. Description of symptoms & recommended exams.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/18/1987
Description: Aflatoxin fungus which thrives in drought conditions is known to cause liver cancer. Corn fields, corn meal. MIT scientist in lab.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1989
Description: Sidney Farber press conference at Anthony's Pier. Silent footage of Farber is talking. Farber shaking hands with folks. Farber at the podium taking questions about funding for cancer research and talks about great progress in the past 20 year and about progress in chemotherapy and molecular biology. He says the country has never been in this good of a position before in terms of labs to do research. Another man talks at the podium.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969
Description: EXPERIMENTAL CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY VIA INTERLEUKIN-2 (IL-2)(REEL 1 OF 2)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/08/1987
Description: EXPERIMENTAL CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY VIA INTERLEUKIN-2 (IL-2).(REEL 2 OF 2)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/09/1987
Description: Cancer registry tracks predominance of certain cancers by gender and helps correlate incidence with environmental conditions. Common cancers still elude treatment. Centrifuge. Deborah Prothrow-Stith.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1988
Description: DISCUSSION OF LIVER CANCER AND HEPATITIS AT MGH
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/26/1984
Description: Nancy Reagan's breast cancer serves as reminder for women to have mammography for early detection of tumor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/16/1987
Description: Woburn families go back to court against Beatrice Foods for contamination of drinking water, which presumably caused leukemia. They charge concealment of evidence and perjury. Jan Schlichtmann.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/06/1989