Radiation Therapy

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

67

Length of issue (in feet)

486

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Running Track
2. 2Radiation Therapy
3. 3Concrete Nibbler
4. 4Human Fly

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Irradiating a cancerous area inside the body could possibly damage good tissue - that’s why this computer-linked technique has been developed to eliminate error.

Researcher Comments

Features Dr Roy Bentley of the Royal Marsden Hospital.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/67

Credits:

Presenter

Bill Costello

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Ian Morrison

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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