A survey of cancer reviewing salient points in diagnosis and stressing importance of early discovery and treatment in lowering mortality figures. The film was produced for use by general practitioners, residents, particularly of internal medicine, interns and medical students in their clinical years.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
320816
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Preventive
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)