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2 The News-Review, Rjieburg, Or Thurs., July 20, 1950 New Blood Test For Cancer Detection In Humans Nearly 100 Pet. Accurate In Result By ALTON L. BLAKSLEE PARIS, tJPh- A new blood test has to far proved almost 100 percent accurate in detecting cancer in humans, three Swiss physicians reported here. They told the fifth International Cancer Research congress the lest is based on a chemical that appears in the blood of persons with cancer. The chemical breaks down a certain kind of sugar, pentose augar. The test is made by adding blood serum from the person to a solution of the sugar. The method was described by Dr. Georges Menkes, Dr. P tchnick and Dr. S. Stecnmf, of Geneva. The test was tried, they said, on 200 persons with various kinds of cancer. It was 95 percent right. An improved version was employed S2 TESTED RECIPES ' IN EVERY PACKAGE at your grocer's today SELL f BUY mot ETC. CLASSIFIED RATES 1 day, par word 1 daya " . " 3 daya " 4 daya " " daya " 1 mo. " H Phone 100, Aik for "Classified" on the second hundred. Dr. Men kes said it was almost 100 per cent accurate. Blood from 42 of 44 healthy per sons nroduied no reaction on the pentose sugar, while 88 percent of 124 pcrssons with diseases other than cancer also showed negative reactions to the test, the Swiss expert said. ftals were given a cancer-caus ing chemical. The sugar-destroying chemical appeared in their blood at the same time as the micros cope showed cancerous changes in the rat's tissues. The sugar-destroying chemical seems to be a constant and prob ably peculiar propety of the blood of cancer patients, Dr. Men kes concluded. N.w Iniaction Mathod The Coneress also heard a des cription of a new injection techni que In whicn Hollow tuDes, pusneu through human arteries, wind as far as five feet through the body to deliver cannon shots of drugs against cancer growths. Dr. Michael B. Shimkin of San Francisco's national cancer insti tute said the tubes can carry large amounts of drugs to the site or the cancer. Twice as m u c h of the drug injected Into. a vein would he greatly diluted before it reached the same site, ne explain ed. Drugs were given In this way to SO patients, all dying of cancers, in the past year. Dr. Shimkin said. About half of them received temporary help and a few obtain ed an extra three months of lire, he added. The drugs used were nitrogen mustards, made from war time poison gases, Easy On Patltnr The tube method, Dr. Shimken said, had proven safe and may become increasingly useful. The patient lies on a fluroscopic table and doctors watch where the tube, or catheter, is going. The patient gets a local anesthetic at the point of the tube's entry and doesn t seem to mind the process, the doc tor added. Two other reports at the session described the use of virus diseases lo fight cancer. Smaller than bac teria, the tiny viruses have to en ter body cells to live and repro duce. If they get into cancer cells. they may be able to halt or slow A J MODEL 41 ( 1 1 ' t-1 xf ? , r- r 1 f A TIME WILL TELL Tiny Becky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hairs above of Memphis, Teni)., has a 35 per cent chance at life. Parents decided against an operation to remove her blind eyes, which doctors teid would boost her chances to 65 per cent but leave her badly disfigured. The infant's eyes are being treated for cancer while parents .prey the diagnosis which cannot be confirmed without the operation was wrong. (AP Wirephoto.l Eisenhower Opposes A-Bomb Use In Korea SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 ?) General Dwight D. Eisenhower docs not believe the atom bomb should be used in the battle for Korea. "I believe that were I In the middle of this thing, I would avoid using anything that our own peo ple or other peoples might consid- Senfence Stay Granted Nazi Propagandist i BOSTON, July 20 UP) Robert Henry Best, convicted of treason for broadcasting Nazi propaganda during World War II, has been granted a stay of sentence pend ing an appeal to the U.S. supreme court. The stay was granted Best yes terday by the U.S. court of ap peals, which denied a similar ap peal a few days ago. Best was sentenced to life im prisonment and fined $10,000 ir June, 1048, after he was convict ed by a federal court jury. He has been held in jail without bail down (he cancerous growth. Othar Esperimtnts Told A report from Dr. Shimkin and four other San Francisco experts Dr. Howard At Bierman, Dr. Wil liam M. D. Hammon, Dr. Bernice U. Eddit and Dr. Karl F. Meyer said such diseases had been given to IB persons suffering from cancer of the lymph glands or cancer of the blood, leukemia. Some recover ed temporarily, for a few weeks or months, the doctors said. Each virus administered was of type that could be controlled or cut off with such modern antibio tics as aureomycin or Chloromy cetin. Diseases used included a virus disease of cats, a veneral disease called lymphopathia ven erum and Rocky mountain spotted fover. Dr. Alice E. Moore of the sloan kettering insiitutute for cancer re search, New York, told of using another virus which causes Russian encephalitis. This dangerous dis ease, given to mice, destroyed some kinds of cancer. er inhuman," Eisenhower told re porters yesterday. "It is imperative that we stand before the world as the champions of decency. I wouldn't want to do anything that might antagonize public opinion in any war." "The Korean battle just doesn't look like it was dcliberatley plan ned as the beginning of a major war," Eisenhower said. "But we've got to win in Korea or we're bound to get smacked somewhere else. 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At Beaver dam, eight miles away, a barn collapsed, killing four cows. Homer F. Weaver, 45, who was milking the animals, was buried under 22 tons of hay. He was not injured. LUBBOCK, Tex., Julv 20 -J.& Lightning yesterday killed a child as thunderstorms whipped across the south plaines of West Texas spawning one small tornado that battered the tiny town of Ropes ville. The tornado caused heavy prop erty damage at Rnpesville, a town of about 1,000 persons IS miles southwest of Lubbock, but there were no known injuries. Rain estimated at four to eight inches flooded the town. The rain and hail caused much crop damage. Red Peace Petitioners Blame E. Berlin Duress BERLIN, July 20 (JP) Most of 600 agitators arrested Sunday after invading West Berlin to boost a Communist "peace petition" were freed- yesterday. They had come from the Russian-occupied east sector. A German court sentenced one ringleader to two weeks in jail Others got jail terms or fines up to 10 marks ($2.30). 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