Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56052 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-09-09
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

From Amazon.com
Curing cancer is medicine's holy grail, and its Sir Galahad might be a quiet Boston researcher. Judah Folkman has spent 40 years studying tumors as a surgeon, and Nova: Cancer Warrior examines his career and exciting breakthroughs. Focusing on the blood vessels that feed tumors rather than the cancer itself, he and his colleagues have made giant steps toward starving the bad cells while keeping the rest of the body healthy. Clinical trials at the University of Wisconsin should offer crucial evidence in living patients; at the same time, lab research is quickly finding newer and better candidates for treatment. Including lab footage, interviews with researchers and patients, and careful explanations of the scientific concepts involved, the program goes far to convince the viewer that safe and effective treatments for cancer may soon be available. --Rob Lightner

Video Details
Imagine cancer as a highly manageable disease. Imagine treatment with few side effects. Imagine a revolution in medicine. As a young doctor, Dr. Judah Folkman proposed that tumors cannot grow beyond the size of a pinhead without a network of blood vessels to nourish them. He also believed if the blood supply was blocked, the tumor couldn’t grow to become life threatening. Folkman shares his controversial hypothesis as well as the frustrating roadblocks on the way to developing a potentially breakthrough cancer therapy. And hear the personal stories of courageous cancer patients participating in clinical drug trials. Special features include: access to the Cancer Warrior companion Web site; chapter search; English audiotrack and English subtitles (CC); and Dolby sound.