1949 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FILM “ ORAL CANCER: THE PROBLEM OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS ” 70174

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1947 film outlines the responsibility of physicians and dentists in early recognition of oral cancer. Interestingly, it does not probe the causes of oral cancer, such as cigarette smoking, as at the time it was produced a causal link had yet to be firmly established. The film was sponsored by the American Cancer Society (:22) and produced by Audio Productions Inc (:36). The film opens with a 48-year-old patient whom has a white lesion on his tongue which proved to be a papillary tumor (:57). During his routine dental check, the lesion aroused suspicion (1:24) and a pathological examination confirmed this suspicion (1:29). Since it was found early enough, the patient’s cure rate was high and this points to the necessity of early recognition of oral cancer (1:53). It is the responsibility of dentists as well as physicians to reco