KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell December 20, 2021 23:43:00
Dr. jon lapook reports on the progress we've made and how far we have to go. >> when president richard nixon signed the national cancer act just before christmas 1971, cancer was so mysterious and frightening it was often called the big crs. >> you will have the total commitment of government. in the past 25 years the cancer mortality rate increased over 20%. >> it was an all out effort to bring cancer out of the shadows. the law established lshed a national program to study the inner workings of cancer cells and find their weak spots. >> that was really a momentous act. >> dr. lisa deangelis ...
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