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Pub. Date
[2013], c2008
Language
English
Description
The future of cancer therapies will be on the cellular level. In this ABC News report, Dr. Timothy Johnson discusses with Dr. Nancy Davidson the advances in personalized or targeted therapies. These advances have reduced the mortality rate of those diagnosed with certain types of cancer and enabled the U.S. to have more than ten million cancer survivors.
Pub. Date
[2006], c2003
Language
English
Description
One of the most deadly forms of cancer is also one of the most preventable. In this program, doctors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and elsewhere focus on three case studies of senior citizens with colon cancer to explore the etiology and pathology of colon cancer, risk factors, and screening options. Prevention through colonoscopic examinations is emphasized,...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2006
Language
English
Description
The leading killer caused by cancer among men and women alike, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of this disease, claiming more lives than breast, colon, and prostate cancer combined and accounting for 87 percent of all lung cancers. Because lung cancer has usually spread throughout the body before it is discovered, the survival rates for patients are quite poor. But, as this program points out, new therapies and advances...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
How can twins with the same DNA be physically different? Biology is undergoing a revolution called "epigenetics", which is radically changing our conception of genetic inheritance. Our DNA can be influenced by external factors that turn our genes on or off! The changes provoked are fascinating and reversible: we now hold the key to our own destiny.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Should cancer really be understood and treated as a genetic disease or could another avenue-which was once abandoned but has now been taken up again-enable us to combat it? Researchers and doctors in various countries want to revolutionize the cancer paradigm. For them, cancer is a disorder of cellular metabolism, which could be treated with a few simple molecules and anti-diabetes drugs already on the market. This film examines why genetic cancer...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2006
Language
English
Description
Most health problems typically respond best when they are diagnosed and treated as early as possible. This is especially true for colon cancer, the fourth most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in the U.S. and the nation's second-leading cancer killer. This program explores the lives of colon cancer patients, and features leading medical experts discussing screening, diagnosis, and treatment. They explain that both men and women are at risk for colon...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Description
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) beta proteins create a protective layer around brain tumors...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
Description
Announced at the dawn of the 21st century, the first draft of the human genome map hinted at a new world of personalized medicine and targeted gene therapies. After more than a decade, how close are we to that scientific utopia? This program looks for answers as it follows three individuals who hope their serious genetic disorders may soon be treated or cured. Sophie, 21, has cystic fibrosis. She wonders if the gene therapy that has saved a young...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Hubble Space Telescope—an orbiting eye on the universe that has greatly advanced our knowledge of the cosmos—is in need of repairs never intended to be performed in orbit. Neil de Grasse Tyson takes us to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where our camera crew is given special access to the astronauts training for one of the most complex missions ever attempted.
Pub. Date
[2014], c2012
Language
English
Description
How does a functioning health system bring about a stable society? What were and are the great evolutionary steps in the development of new medicines and what are the challenges for the future? From the herbal gardens of the Middle Ages and Paracelsus to the great researchers of the 19th and 20th centuries, the cultural history of medicine reflects the history of mankind.
Series
Language
English
Description
A cancer diagnosis is always bad news, but the words "You have cancer" don't necessarily instill the fear and confusion they did three decades ago. This program demystifies cancer by explaining how varieties of the disease typically begin and develop. The program also highlights some of the innovative treatments that are helping more and more patients to become cancer survivors. In addition, scientists discuss the importance of early detection in...
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English
Description
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, six women from ABC News sat down and talked about taking on their formidable enemy. This program features all six women one year later, discussing what transpired over the past twelve months and how they feel about the future. While most are in remission, two patients are still grappling with disease on a daily basis, and both take this communal opportunity to reveal the concerns, frustrations, and hopes at...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2005
Language
English
Description
With advances in genetics and pharmacology capturing much of the public's attention, it's easy to overlook another rapidly evolving area of health science: medical imaging. This program fully explores that topic, spotlighting technologies which enable doctors to visually render the body's interior at an astonishing level of detail. New possibilities for surgical precision are also featured. Filmed at French facilities on the leading edge of the global...
14) War on Cancer
Series
Pub. Date
[2006], c2006
Language
English
Description
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. Interviews with renowned medical pioneers-including Dr. Steven...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Women may be able to treat their breast cancer with a gel that is applied to the skin. Research at Northwestern University has shown that a gel form of tamoxifen applied to the breasts of women with noninvasive breast cancer reduced the growth of cancer cells to the same degree as the drug taken in oral form but with fewer side effects that deter some women from taking it.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1971, the federal government promised to find a cure for cancer. Since then hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent and much has been learned. Still, the diseases claims more lives each year. PBS NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the past, present and future of cancer treatment.
Pub. Date
[2011], c2002
Language
English
Description
Mapping the human genome was only the first step in the process of decoding our DNA-and that process is far from over. This film follows the work of genetic researchers as they press forward, slowly but surely, in the task of interpreting and understanding life's greatest enigma. Highlighting the surprising finding that the human genome contains only about 32,000 genes (pre-map predictions were in the hundreds of thousands), the program describes...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, this award-winning documentary follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. After a routine cancer screening, Sandra receives a worrisome result. Thus, we begin two journeys with Sandra: her private struggle with a possible cancer recurrence and her public quest to bring...
20) Cancer
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c2009
Language
English
Description
More than a third of us will get cancer in our lifetime and a quarter of us will die from it; it is Canada's number one killer. Extensive research, guided by experts and improved technologies, has significantly increased our understanding of cancer and how it works over the past ten years. This film looks at the principal theories and hypotheses that are revolutionizing our knowledge of this disease. We meet Guy, Agathe, Claude and Denis, four patients...
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