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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1959)
Neuberger Credits Modern Age for Cancer Recovery; Stresses Early Treatment Need Editor'! not: Last fall. Sen. Rirhatd L. Neuberger. 4S-yar-old Democratic senator from Oregon, underwent surgery for removal of a cancerous tumor. Today, be U en route back to Washington, grateful for being alive. In this dispatch. Senator Neuberger speaks frankly of his experience and. as he pre pares to "resume a normal sched ule of activity'' his physicians' words offers a message of hope to other cancer sufferers. He also speaks, from the basis of his own trying experience, of what he feels this country must do to bring the possibility of eur to all cancer victim. Br Sen. RICHARD NEUBERGER Democrat of Oregon Written for UPI It has become almost axio matic to protest" about our modern age. Yet if I did not live in a modern age, I would probably be dead now. Three miracles of modem medical science have given me a pros pect for recovery from can cer which my doctors regard as excellent. These miracles are (1) early detection of the tumor, (2) skillful surgery, and (3) the twin agents of cobalt radi ation and chemotherapy, with their destructive impact on any of the tumor which might have spread. Even before cancer was di agnosed in me, I stood on the floor of the United States Sen ate and advocated vastlyrin creased federal support of medical research. Yet I used glibly the reference that 40 million Americans were des tined to have cancer. I never thought I might be among the 40 million. I always felt that this would be somebody else. I suppose countless citizens feel this way otherwise we would not tolerate spending more on chewing gum than on cancer research, and many times more on such things as permanent waves and ciga rettes. International Medical Year Along with my colleagues, Sen. Lister Hill of Alabama and Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, I have been pro posing an International Medi cal Year and a pooling of medical discoveries made by all nations. This has a partic ularly urgent meaning for me today. Cobalt radiation, a vi tal factor in the successful treatment I have undergone, was developed by such illus trious scientists of Canada as Dr. David A. Keyes and Dr. H. F. Batho. I am fortunate that no unwise import quota kept this marvel of their in tellects from coming to the United States A brush with cancer tends to place many things in true perspective. First, one be comes profoundly grateful to all those who, through the long history of medical re search, have contributed to the advances thus far made in treatment of this grim disease. Secondly, old. antagonisms fade away. I no longer can transform political disagree ments into any feelings of per sonal malice. When one- is grateful to be alive, it is dif ficult to dislike a fellow hu man being. I am keenly aware that some of the most eminent members of the Senate have died of cancer during recent years among them Charles L. McNary of my own State of Oregon, Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, Matthew Neely of West Virginia and Brian Mc Mahon of Connecticut. That is why I regard it as so crucially important if I can stand in the senate and stress to my col leagues that my own life has been spared, because I have had a type of cancer which has responded to a discovery thus far made in the realm of medical research. Research Money Lacking Is it not vital that we de vote every effort to extending these discoveries, if possible, into other areas of cancer where successful treatment has not yet been achieved? Does it make sense to invest in cancer research only about one per cent of-what we spend on research into armaments and weapons of war? Two out of every three American fam ilies are in peril of affliction from cancer. - From the very beginning, I told my doctors to include candidly in their medical bul letins the fact that my illness has been diagnosed as cancer. I realize that has not been done in the case of some pub lic figures. Yet we need to have full understanding of this disease if it is to be con quered. Medical scientists inform me that some people, know ing they may have cancer, still hesitate to seek treatment because they fear it is inevit ably hopeless. Thus, if a per son in public life does recover from cancer, it is an event which can give hope and cour age for many millions of oth ers. The American Cancer soci ety , reports that, already, about 30 or 35 per cent of can cer victims are being saved. As new findings are attained in the field of chemotherapy, this percentage undoubtedly will be increased especially if people seek immediate med ical care. Many Competent Doctors While much remains to be known about cancer, I think 4t is essential that Americans have faith in the competence of their doctors. Some believe that capable care can be re ceived only a few nationally known medical centers. I chose to remain for treatment in my native city of Portland, Ore., because I beileve that knowledge and competence in this field are not confined to one or two famous places. I think I have been confirmed in this decision by the fact that, in my travels around our state this past fall and winter, I have met quite a few men and women who have recov ered from cancer under the. able auspices of their own lo cal physicians. The National Cancer Insti tute, which is part of our U. S. Public Health Service, makes grants throughout the nation to all promising avenues in the area of cancer research. Your owm life or that of a loved one might potentially be saved if you urge your sen ator to vote full and adequate appropriations for this vital government agency, which provides about 72 per cent of the funds for research into the causes and possible cures of the series of diseases known as cancer. Central Point Man . Bound Over !o Jury Lester Lee Lewis, 66, of route 2, box 671, Central Point, was bound over to the grand jury Wednesday after noon by District Judge Roy Bashaw on a charge of pro curing a female to engage in prostitution. Bail for Lewis was con tinued at $2,500. His attorney is O. H. Bengtson. The Central Point man was arrested by Medford and state police Jan. 30. He was ar raigned that day and request ed a preliminary hearing. Ashland Youths Fined in Court Ashland Four Ashland youths were sentenced in mu nicipal court this morning on charges of malicious destruc tion of public property. Ashland police arrested the youths Tuesday and Wednes day following an investiga tion into the killing of a pea hen in Lithia park last week. The cage which houses several birds had been broken into, and a peahen killed, police aid. . . Judge P. H. Stansbury fined Erwin George Rothwell, 18, of the Oregon hotel, $200, and sentenced him to 30 days in city jail. Two 17-year-olds also were sentenced to 30 days in jail along with fines of $200 and $150. A 16-year-old Ashland youth was fined $100 and placed on a 6 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. curfew for 30 days. The youths appeared with their parents. Police said the youths told them one of the birds ap peared to be angered and they thought it would attempt to attack them. Police found feathers scattered throughout the pen and signs that the bird had been kicked to death in one corner of the cage. i Dental Meeting Discussed by Group Plans for the fall Oregon State Dental Society meeting, which will be held in Medford Aug. 14-16, were discussed at a meeting of the Southern Oregon district Dental Society at the Rogue Valley Country club this week. Dr. Robert Watkins, a mem ber of the teaching staff of the University of Oregon dental school, was principal speaker. 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