On a Beam of Hope : Journey Through China With a Buffalo Pioneer in Cancer Research
Title
On a Beam of Hope : Journey Through China With a Buffalo Pioneer in Cancer Research
Description
In September 1983, Buffalo pioneer cancer researcher Dr. Thomas Dougherty traveled to the People's Republic of China and Japan to share his discoveries and new treatment techniques. Photodynamic Therapy, now practiced throughout the world, uses laser beams and a special drug to shrink non-bulky tumors. Communist China had launched a campaign battling esophageal cancer, which had reached near epidemic proportions in certain provinces. "On a beam of hope" documents Dr. Dougherty's historic journey as China was rebounding from its brutal Cultural Revolution.
Originally aired on WIVB-TV.
Contributor
Date
1984
Subject
Source
Rich Newberg Reports Collection
Publisher
WIVB (Television Station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)
Rights
Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Relation
Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Type
Moving Image
Format
video/mp4
Language
Collection
Citation
Newberg, Rich (Producer, Writer, Host) and Mombrea Jr., Mike (Producer, Photographer, Editor), “On a Beam of Hope : Journey Through China With a Buffalo Pioneer in Cancer Research,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/1828.