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NOVA•Season 15•Episode 5

Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial

Feb 23, 198855 min

In part one of a two-part special presentation, NOVA reports on the trials to determine whether the new drug Interleukin-2—the first to make use of the body's own disease-fighting strategy—will live up to its promise as a pivotal cancer breakthrough. Jane Pauley of NBC News

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Season 15 Episodes22

Top Gun and Beyond

How to Create a Junk Food

Buried in Ice

Why Planes Burn

Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial

Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide

The Mystery of the Master Builders

Whale Rescue

The Man Who Loved Numbers

Race for the Superconductor

Can You Still Get Polio?

Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft

Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart

Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old

Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife

Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?

Can the Next President Win the Space Race?

Do Scientists Cheat?

Who Shot President Kennedy?

The Light Stuff

The All-American Bear

Can We Make a Better Doctor?

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Episode Summary

"Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial" is episode 5 of NOVA season 15. It aired on February 23, 1988.

Next: E6 · Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide Best of Season 15