Episode
Horizon: Cancer Now
Overview
A report on current research into cancer and the subsequent knowledge and problems it brings.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 30
- Air date
- 1969-11-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Cancer Now is Episode 30 in 1969 of Horizon. It aired on 1969-11-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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