Description:
BAILUS WALKER WILL STUDY CANCER RATE AROUND PILGRIM STATION. Rep. Richard Voke.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/17/1986
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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:
Press conference on carcinogenic risk of pesticide EDB in processed grain and flour products. Charts showing risk levels in parts per billion.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/08/1984
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:
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:
Sidney Farber honored by American Cancer Society - Farber, Mary Lasker, Ted Kennedy in attendance. First speaker maybe board president of ACS. Mary Lasker speaks at podium and presents Farber with ACS gold sword. Farber makes a long speech. Kennedy gets up to speak about Vietnam and is cut off"
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
07/24/1967, 11/08/1967, 12/10/1968, 09/18/1969
Description:
Department of Public Health STUDY OF HIGH CANCER RATE AROUND PILGRIM NUCLEAR PLANT
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/23/1987
Description:
Department of Public Health study of elevated cancer rates around Pilgrim nuclear plant is still in progress. Boston Edison claims bias against them. Plymouth residents claim undue delay of findings.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/11/1989
Description:
Theories about breast cancer link it to alcohol, smoking, or birth control pills. New study speculates about high fat diet as cause, and another explores vitamins as preventive.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/04/1991
