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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, April 13, 1959 3 More Care off Body Said Possible To Save Naif off Cancer Victims Ffflitar'a tint Thm m mrt w, t rer Society ha designated April as TiKht cancer" month. This is the first of five frankly-worded dis patches by the president of the ACS in Wtlirh h Klra tn hrin home to all Americans the things mey can ana should do to guard themselves and their families against ine Killing disease. By DR. EUGENE P. PENDERGRASS President of the American Cancer Society (Written for UPI) How often do you get your ear serviced? And how often your body? If Americans gave half the thought to the care of their bodies that they give to their cars, we could save half of all those who get cancer. It can happen to you. With the disease striking in two out of every three families, the chances are two to one cancer will happen to you or yours, some time in your several lifetimes. But the tragedy of needless death does not have to happen to you. It is your responsibility to see that it doesn t. Cure in cancer depends on early detection and adequate treament. And medical sci ence has excellent techniques of diagnosis and treatment But we cannot diagnose can cer without a patient. 50-50 Chance You can have a 50-50 chance of surviving cancer- if you turn yourself in for regular servicing once a year; if you keep an inner ear tuned for a "knock" or "rattle" in the machinery of your body and let the doctor decide whether or not it is a signal of cancer; if you ensure the same precautions for every member of your household In these articles, I shall tell you some of the things you need to know about the com mon cancers, most of which have potential cure rates much higher than actual cur rent rates. But first a caution against cancerphobia. At the Ameri can Cancer society we like to say: "You can have the facts of cancer in your mind with out having them .on your mind." Our educational pro grams seeks to inform, not to alarm. We know the thing most to be feared in cancer is fear; for hand-in-hand with ignorance and superstition, fear keeps people away from ' the doctor, and wastes life. Sober Thought There is every reason to give sober thought to Ameri ca's number two disease-kill- . er. But we have come a long way from the time when can cer was a synonym for doom. The last decade has brought us to the turning point in the control of this ancient disease enemy of life on earth long before the advent of man. . Ten years ago we were sav ing one cancer patient in four. Today the rate is one in three. It should be one in two. The best way to defeat can cer is to prevent it-obviously. And one day science may find multiple means of immuniz ing us against the multiple cancers; it is doubtful that a single vaccine will do for can cer what the Salk vaccine does for polio. ; Meanwhile we can avoid cancer-inciters, actual cases of the disease and irritants that can lead to it. For exam ple, x-rays cause cancer, and doctors and dentists are care Ail not to use them excessive ly. And some 400 chemicals have been found to cause ex perimental cancer in animals and their use in foods and drugs has been curtailed. Harmless Addiction Then there is the seemingly harmless addiction to sunbath ing, which brings us to the subject of skin cancer; com monest of all cancers and the most curable. It is visible to the naked eye. It grows slowly. It can te treated by simple surgery, ra dium or x-rays. With rare ex ception nobody should die of skin cancer. Last year 3,500 Americans did die. Others de layed treatment and risked unnecessary disfigurement. Outstanding causes of skin cancer are excessive sunshine and over-exposure to dry hot winds which deplete the oils in our skin. They used to call it "sailor's cancer" and "farm er's cancer" in the days when prolonged exposure to the sun was an occupational hazard Cancer Disappears After Victim Given Second Man's Blood New York, (Science Serv ice) A 32-year-old man ap parently has been somehow cured of cancer after receiv ing blood from a second man who earlier had spontaneous ly recovered from the same kind of cancer. Drs. Wilbur C. Sumner and Alvan G. Foraker of Jack sonville, Fla., told the James Ewing Society meeting here that they acknowledged the possibility of coincidence. But they pointed out that only one previous case is known in which a person spontaneously recovered from malignant me lanoma the type of cancer that often starts in moles. Tends To Spread Swiftly (Malignant melanoma can be cured if removed by sur gery in a very early stage. If neglected, it tends to spread swiftly and cannot be bene fited by radiation or any know chemical agents.) The young man recovered at the age of 28. A year lat er, a small cancer area was found in one finger, which was removed. Since then, there has been no further sign of the disease. The young man's recovery suggests that the 250 cubic centimeters of blood he re ceived must have contained some type of defense against melanoma, and that this was transferred to him, the doc tors said. National Cancer Institute laboratory tests on blood sam cells growing in test tubes or mice. This might be due to species differences, the doc tors said. A third patient with a far advanced case was similarly treated. But there was no ben eficial effect. This patient, however, unlike the others, had widespread internal de posits of cancer. The James Ewing Society is composed of physicians with a particular interest in cancer treatment. The meet ing was held at the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases here. rather than a recreational ad diction. For doubting sun cult ists, I offer these facts: The incidence of skin can cer is much higher in the south and southwestern parts of the country than in the north. Light or "sandy" com plexions are more susceptible. When you tan, you're generat ing pigment in the deeper lay ers of the skin and this gives you a certain resistance to the sun's rays. Negroes rarely get skin cancer. Skin Cancer Signs Early signs of possible skin cancer include: A dry or scaly patch or pimple, or a pearly or waxy plaque or nodule; any sore or blister or lesion that doesn't heal; any change in the shape, size or color of a mole or wart; a thickening or hardening of a small and sharply limited area of the skin-a precancerous condition called kerotosis. Moles located where they can be irritated should be re moved. Those occurring in the soles of the feet, the palms of the hands, or the genitalia are dangerous and must be re moved. Melanoma, the only skin cancer rarely cured, usu ally begins as an enlargement of a mole. But the disease is quite uncommon, a comfort ing thought, because the aver age person has 21 moles. (Next: Detection of Breast Cancer) Lvwl2s Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins The Gopher Always Has 13 Stripes on Back The little ground squirrel, commonly known as the go pher, wouldn't be caught dead in a tree. He's just as peculiar in other ways. I never pre tended to understand, much less explain why, but there seems always to be exactly 13 stripes, or what more right ly could be called, variegated lines, running the entire Ipnpth nf this little animal's pies from both patients re- vealed no virus activity. No effects were seen when the sera was added to melanoma Anlarctia Study Continued Washington - (Science Ser vice) - The United States will continue its research program in Antarctica under the aus pices, of the National Science Foundation. Chief scientist for the pro gram will be Albert P. Crary, a noted polar geophysicist who has just returned from two and a half years in the Antarc tic. Recommendations con cerning the desirability of pro posed polar programs are made to the foundation by the Committee on Polar Re search of the National Acad emy of Sciences-National Re search Council. Crary will advise the foun dation in planning the scien tific programs, selecting per sonnel and equipment, and will supervise the conduct of field investigations, data ana lysis and publication. Somehow or other I always hoped to find one with less or more than 13 stripes. I never succeeded. The overall body color of the gopher is usually yellowish; the stripes a dirty white. Alternating with the stripes are rows of black spots, giving the little animal a racy appearance. The striped gopher is consid erably larger than its cousin the eastern, striped chip munks, with a longer, more slender body. But in other re spects resembles the chip munk. It does, however, lack the saucy face and actions of the smaller rodent. On Prairie The true gopher is native to the prairie regions of North America. In some sections it is plentiful. In other parts there are only a few scatter ed individuals. They are ac tive little animals, moving with fast, jerky movements. When running in the open the gopher can be expected to make only short, fast dash es of but a few feet, then it stops to sit on its haunches to look around. At such times it usually gives a shrill little whistle then drops to all four feet and hurries on. Sometimes the sitting up procedure caus es the . little fellow to see something that alarms him so he changes his course entire ly, often heading in the oppo site direction. Stores Food During the summer the go pher provides for the long, cold winter by storing all the grain,, seeds and nuts it can harvest. This food is. stored in the underground chambers. Deep underground, below the frost line, the gopher exca vates a roomy chamber. Into it he carries soft grasses and leaves for a nest. Here in darkness and soli tude he eats sparingly during the winter, sleeps for long intervals and awaits the pat ter of the warm spring rains on the ground above his win ter home. Like all of Na ture's creatures he accepts his lot and joyously greets the spring and the verdant sum mer of louage wnicn must surely iollow. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1959) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE EATING! Ac! Now To Insure Passage at Fryer Labeling Bill We all have the right to know what we are eating, but In the confusion of today's mass mar keting, quite often we may not know the wbole truth about the foods we purchase. This is the case with fresh fryers. Today Oregon imports at least half of its normal consumption of fry ers. Nearly all of these come from Southern or Eastern pro duction areas, several shipping days away from our markets. In order to save expensive loss from spoilage, it is almost essen tial to treat them with chemical preservatives. Oregon Industry Effected The economic welfare of our state is also effected. Oregon farmers who raise fryers have the capacity to supply all the fryers we can eat. These locally processed birds reach our mar kets 4 to 7 days fresher than imported supplies. Oregon Grown fryers have NO preserva tives added . . . they're natural ly fresher, naturally better. Yet the growth of this agricultural industry is held in check by market situation largely con trolled by out-of-state suppliers. OREGON CITIZENS PREFER OREGON PRODUCTS. Our peo ple prefer to patronize our own agricultural products, particu larly those which are so evi dently superior. But when yon buy fryers today, you have little way of knowing where they came from. The Fryer Labeling Bill will require every fryer sold in the state to be plainly labeled with the name of the state from which it came. Also, it will require the statement of any chemical preservative with which they have been treated. With anything as perishable as fresh chicken, this information ' is of vital importance to con sumers. The Bill does 'not pro hibit the shipment of fryers from other sources. THE FRYER LABELING BILL NOW IN THE LEGISLATURE WILL FURNISH THIS VITAL PROTECTION AND RETAIN FOR Y'OU THE RIGHT OF FREE CHOICE WITHOUT TRADE DISCRIMINATION. This label en Fryers Is Your Protection BILL PASSED IN HOUSE WITH 57 to 1 MAJORITY. The Fryer Labeling Bill as it now stands has already been approved and passed in the House of Repre sentatives with an overwhelm ing majority lit 57 to 1. This shows unmistakably that it is equitable and is the will of the people. A hearing of the Senate Ag riculture Committee will be held Tuesday, April 14, in Salem. We hope the Senate will give this Bill worthwhile consideration as did the House of Representatives. ACT NOW TO EXERT YOUR FREE RIGHT OF CHOICE. Each of us has the right to voice his desires to the legislators. DO IT NOW! Write or contact your State Senator. The Fryer Labeling Bill Should Be Passed Fr saditional information contact: OREGON BROILER GROWERS ASSOC. Delmar Stutsman, Pres., Canby, Oregon this FRYER 1 grown in 4 ( OREGON I Computer Curbs Mid-Air Crashes New York - (Science Ser vice) - Mid-air airplane col lisions may be prevented with the aid of a new traffic con trol computer. The computer, described to the Institute of Radio Engin eers here by A. G. Van Al styne and M. H. Nothman of Gilfillan Bros., Inc., can antici pate and prevent collisions between planes before they take off or while they are in flight. It can check a pilot's flight plan to see whether or not it conflicts with those of other ! flights, track the flight itself by periodic position reports from the pilot, and automat ically warn the pilot of any deViation from the prescribed course. Developed under an Air Force contract, the computer can also tell a pilot the best way to correct a course devi ation. Human supervision and monitoring of the computer would be required, the engin eers said, but the computer will perform all routine calculations. w ARDS MONTGOMERY WARD II VA - - - 117 South Central SP 3-7301 Here are the best of our wonderful Ward Week values! tACH OHSA mmwDous aom-SAvm TEACHERS TO STRIKE New York - (UPD - Teachers have threatened to shut down more than 100 New York City public schools this Thursday in "a one-day strike to back demands for higher pay. About 3,500 members of the New York Teachers guild voted Friday to stage the work stoppage. It would be the first ever held by day teachers. 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