CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY - PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS, PT 2

Duration: 40 min

Year Published: 1965

Creator: National Medical Audiovisual Center (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: B&W

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Explains that chemotherapy, though not a cure, can effect a significant prolongation of a symptom-free lifespan in over eighty percent of children with acute leukemia. Stresses that adults are less responsive, but may react to a combination of agents. (Kinescope) From the BOSTON MEDICAL REPORTS series.