MAIL TRIBUNE, Mcdfonf, Oregon, Friday, April 17, 1959 3
leukemia Most Frequent EUller of
Children; No Longer Swiftly Fatal
Editor'! note: This Is the last of
five dispatches in which a leading
cancer expert tells Ameriancs what
they can and should do to guard
themselves and their families
against the killing; disease.
Br DR. EUGENE P.
PENDERGRASS
President of the American
Cancer , Society
(Written for UPI)
Nobody can observe a child
cancer patient without emo
tional involvement. It is life's
most harrowing experience
for the parents. And one of
deep concern for those who
try to help the child; of pain
ful frustration when they
cannot save a life just begin
ning. So wnat I have" to tell you
about the cancers of child
hood will be disturbing. But
it should not be alarming.
Know, for your immediate
Double-Barrel
Technique Treats
Breast Cancer
Hot Springs, Va. -(Science
Serviced A double - barrel
surgical - radiation technique
has been developed for treat
ing breast cancer.
Drs. Richard D. Brasfield
and Ulrich K. Henschke, both
of New York City, reported at
the American Radium Society
meeting here today.
After a radical mastectomy
(surgical removal of the
breast), an incision is made
between two ribs exposing one
of the major arteries leading
to the breast. The artery is
tied off, a slit is cut into it,
and a small nylon tube is in
serted. The open end of the
tube is brought out through
the skin.
When the patient is back in
her room, a wire made of a
radio-active isotope (iridium
192 or cobalt-60) is slipped
into the tube and left there
until the required radiation
dose is reached. The radiation
kills cancers that have spread
to the lymph nodes along the
arteries.
Registrations Open
For YMCA Day Camp
Registrations for 1959
YMCA Day Camp have start
ed for boys 7, 8, 9 and 10.
YMCA Day Camp is an ad
venture program. Boys will
leave the YMCA at 9 ajn.
and return at 5 p.m. The Day
Camp site is on the Apple
gate river near McKee bridge.
This year's Day Camp will
operate for a two-week period.
Period 1 is set for June 15
to June 20. Period 2 is June
22 to June 27.
A trained leader is pro
vided for every eight boys in
Day Camp. Swimming, arch
ery, riflery, boating, camp
craft, handicraft, sports . and
special events are featured.
Campfires one evening each
period feature programs for
the entire family with skits,
stunts and songs.
Registrations can be made
at the YMCA.
comfort, that cancer strikes
only one in 7,000 children.
But now, too, that it kills
more children between the
ages of 1 and '15 than any
other disease.
Half of the 4,000 yearly
child cancer deaths are caused
by leukemia, cancer of the
blood-forming system. Leu
kemia is no longer as swiftly
fatal as it used to be; and
many scientists believe this
currently "hopeless" cancer
may be the most hopeful area
for the long awaited "break
through" to the control of
many cancers.
Highly Malignant
In the rare event of cancer
striking your child, what do
you need to know to ensure
the best chance of cure?
First, that the cancers of
childhood are highly malig
nant. It is generally true that
the younger the patient the
more rapid the tumor growth.
So delay in diagnosis and
treatment, always dangerous
in cancer, is even more peri
lous for the young.
Nine out of ten cancers
found in children arise in the
supporting tissues; we call
them sarcomas. In adults, the
common cancers occur in the
covering and lining tissues;
they are called carcinomas.
Sarcoma of the bone oc
curs most often between the
ages of 5 and 25. The prefer
red sites are: just above or
below the knee joint, the
thigh bone, the upper half of
the arm, and the pelvis bone.
Pain is an early symptom,
more troublesome at night. It
can be relieved by exercise,
or so aggravated that the pa
tient favors an arm or leg.
Confirmation of Biopsy
Diagnosis of a bone tumor
is usually made by x-ray pic
tures. But the drastic treat
ment required to save life
from such a cancer is never
undertaken without the con
firmation of a biopsy.
The treatment is amputa
tion. Let us say it bluntly, for
there is no way around it. It
is a bitter decisionvfor parents
to make. But when the alter
native is a limb or life, is
there room for hesitation?
We come now to retinal gli
oma, an eye-tumor that has a
high potentiality of cure. It
rarely occurs after, the age of
four, and only occasionally
involves both eyes. A widen
ing of the pupil or a squint
may be the first sign, pos-
Dr. Stevenson Listed
As Liaison Officer
Ashland-Oregon's state liai
son representative to the Am
erican Association of Colleges
r rrt l T-i l ; "I ."a
ior xeacner raui;auun, is list
ed in the organization's spring
bulletin as Dr. Elmo N. Stev
enson, ' Southern Oregon col
lege president. -
For Washington, the bulle
tin lists Zeno B. Katterle,
school of education, State Col
lege of WashingtonPullman
The other coastal state repre
sentative is John T. Wahl-
quist, president of San Jose
state college, California.
Dr. Stevenson's term will
expire Dec.' 31 this year, it
was said.
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sibly followed by a pearly
glint or what is called "cat's
eye."
Early diagnosis can save
not only life but sight. The
tumor is usually treated with
x-rays, and care is taken not
to pass the rays through the
lens of the eye, in order to
avoid blinding. If not detected
early enough, the eye may be
removed and still achieve a
cure.
Symptoms of a brain tumor
vary, depending on distance
from vital nerve centers. In a
general way any disturbance
of vision motion, the diges
tive tract or the personality,
calls for a precautionary visit
to your physician. Blurred vi
sion or "seeing double" may
simply mean a need for glas
ses. A tendency to stagger or
drop things may be totally
unrelated to brain tumor, but
let the doctor decide.
Then there is "Wilms's Tu
mor," named for the doctor
who first described this can
cer of the kidney which rare
ly occurs after the age of
seven. An early sign is a
swelling in the abdomen or
flank; or a mother bathing
her child may feel a firm
mass before the tumor be
comes visible; or the child
may complain of patn or be
come colicky.
Chances Good
Children with Wilms's Tu
mor are treated with surgery
combined with x-rays, and
chances of recovery are very
good indeed.
I wish we could be as hope
ful of leukemia. But the pic
ture is not without hope for
the parents of a leukemic
child.
just a dozen years ago the
disease was fatal in a few
weeks or months. And then
Dr. Sidney Farber, eminent
Boston scientist dedicated to
the defeat of cancer in chil
dren, heard of a drug that had
been used effectively on
mouse leukemia. It was called
aminopterin and Dr. Farber
used it on one of the children
in his clinic. The child's life
was prolonged by several
months.
One small patient lived for
eight years, a normal happy
life without clinical symp
toms of disease till the leu
kemia resisted therapy with
drugs, and they stopped
working.
One day drugs will be
found that won't stop work
ing. The children with leu
kemia will live to grow up.
And that day may come at
any time..
I ask the parents of every
child with leukemia to hold
that thought in their hearts,
Company Honored
By Humane Society
The Southern Oregon Hu
mane Society, 2902 Table
Rock rd.f has joined with
similar organizations through
out the United States in hon
oring the Hormel company of
Austin, Minn., as the first
packinghouse with nationwide
distribution to receive the
American Humane associa
tion's seal of approval for
humane processing of all ma
jor food animals.
The American Humane as
sociation is a federation of
507 humane groups including
the Southern Oregon Humane
society. Its seal of approval is
awarded to packers that meet
rigid standards in handling,
stunning and slaughtering of
livestock. Hormel processes
4,000,000 head of livestock
each year.
The term "blackball" stems
from ancient Greece, where
white or black balls were
dropped into an urn, in voting
for or against.
Populaires Plan
Entertainment
Ashland-" An Evening With
The Populaires," the second
annual evening of entertain
ment by the Southern Oregon
college Populaires singing
group, will be presented in
Churchill hall auditorium,
April 27 and 28, at 8:15 p.m.
According to Louis O. Clay-
son, director, the show will
include various musical num
bers correlated with lighting
and choreography to enhance
the program, Special lighting
effects are handled by Peter
Lungreen, with Pat Leek and
David Deller assisting with
the choreography.
Built around the 14 voices
of the Populaires and spiced
by numbers from the male
quartet, male ensemble, girls
ensemble, soloists, and top-
flight musical accompani
ments, the program will in
clude a Broadway revue, a
Minstrel show, and scenes de
picting opera and folk music,
The program is a benefit,
Clayson auuounced, with pro
ceeds being used for the pur
chase of the: new mens' dress
coats for the coming Popu
laires' tour during which the
organization will visit many
Oregon high schools.
Tickets may be purchased
from members of the Popu
laires; The Mart, Ashland;
the Student Affairs office at
SOC; and Puruckers, Med-ford.
Barbara Ann Burns Siaris Jail Term
Entire communities in the
southern provinces of Spain
live in natural caves under
the ground. Their homes will
range from single rooms to
as many as 20 chambers with
tiled floors and whitewashed
walls.
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Los Angeles - (LTD - Barbara
Ann Burns, 21, daughter of
the late comedian Bob (Ba
zooka) Burns, began a 90-day
jail term Thursday on nar
cotics addicition, four months
late.
Miss Burns was convicted,
last June of the misdemeanor
count and ordered to begin
her jail term last Dec. 5.
"I was to scared to come
back," she said in Muncipal
court Thursday after she sur
rendered. "But I'm tired of
running and I want to clear
up this trouble."
The lanky brunette said she
fled to New York and return
ed here about three weeks
ago. She was arrested Jan. 8,
1958, in a Hollywood apart
ment and told officers she was
addicted to heroin.
Fly-Tying Classes
Each Friday at YMCA
For those who like to make
their own fly rod tasty bugs
for fishing, Jack Crump, a lo
cal professional fly-tying ex
pert, is teaching a class each
Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the
YMCA Craft room.
Boys over 12 and their dads
who are interested may still
sign up or attend tonight's
session.
There is a small charge for
ASKS BOOK CHANGES
New York -ITD- Publishers
of textbooks were asked Wed
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jnd varied student population.
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