Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 03, 1961, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1861 They'll Do It Every Time The reason silo decided to sell the farm ? taxes too high I RAISED US AGAIN J tZ&ssSgZ NICE FEATURE I -j : jpl ' By Jimmy Hatlo But what does he stress to prospective buvers ? listen"' Society Education Can Save Lives 1 Editor1! Bote: Ib conjunction with n oaservance 01 ut annual na tional Cancer Crnsade during- April, Dr. John W. Cllno. president of the American Cancer Society, hai writ ten xor tin a inree-part series on dlacnosls ' and treatment of cancer by surgery, radiation and druf t. In in nrss or me nupaicnes wnicn follows. Dr. CUna . discusses the value of early dlamosls. Br JOHN W.-CLINE. M.D. President, v ' , American Cancer Socisty . (Written for UPI) 1 Today, we hear physicians experienced in the cancer problem say: "I firmly believe that the possibility of prevent ing deaths from cancer is greater than for any other chronic disease." And: ."More can be done against cancer through e d u c a t i on than against any other disease." ..Both statements are-sound . and. realistic. :''';:.; :; I have said the same thing many times. But whenever I do, I am always overcQme by a sense of frustration. I ask myself: ' "c . l.Why? Why, then, are we not laving more lives from, can cer? Not just the one but of three we are now saving. Why; isn't it one out of two or even more? ' : ; ., --e II know the answer. We just are not doing enough about cancer; By we, I mean the public and the medical pro fession. . , . Accomplished Much .' - , Ay e h u v e accomplished much in the last 25 years. Much more than we originally believed ' possible. Many peo ple alive today are living testi mony to that accomplishment. But today we must not be sat isfied with the fact that the cure rate for cancer is increase ing only about 1 per cent each year. Pronounced Trend All studies indicate that there is a pronounced trend today toward earlier diagno sis. Early diagnosis means a far better chance of cure. Yet the trend is frustratingly slow. Consider three studies made last year. "'. A study of statistics kept by two hospitals for an eight-year period of 4,112 cancer patients revealed that only 38 per cent of the cancers diagnosed in 1930 were localized, but by 1658. 49 per cent were local iied, a gain of 11 per cent The cure rate of patients with lo calized cancer was 64 per cent, This is real progress. Now let us look at those pa tients whose cancers were not diagnosed early. j .With cancers that had be gun to spread regionally, the cure rate was 30 per cent; for distant spread it was only 3 per cent. Obviously, the cure rate would have been far greater if all the cancers had been lo calized when diagnosed and treated. In many cases the pa tients probably delayed seeing c doctor. Another study, made by the University of Chicago last year for the American Cancer Society, revealed vthat the great majority of the nation's physicians : believed . that all adults should have an annual checkup even if they are weu, 'A sampling of 42,239 ques tionnaires filled out voluntari ly by individuals in the Amer ica's Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study of 1,100,000 people showed that 42.4 per cent of the men and 50.1 per cent of the women said they had a medical checkup each year. Encouraging as this is, the percentage should have been much higher. The doc tor's office is the first. line of defense . against ; death from cancer..''-',.. '.';; Simpla Technique !:',:' This study also showed that only one .out of three women practice breast self-examina tion, a simple technique by which women discover lumps or irregularities in t h e i.r breasts, a condition which should call v for immediate medical attention. : Early Diagnosis Failure in early diagnosis and prompt treatment stands in the way of dramatically re ducing the death rate from cancer today, In the last dec ade, research has so improved diagnostic techniques and the treatment by surgery and ra diation, and chemicals used in combination with" them, to make possible the arrest of cancers that were unmanage able a snort time ago. New methods and techniques we have today are such as to make "unnecessary" death by cancer one of the great trage- THE SECRET OF Without habit-forming drugs A new technique combines hundreds f tiny heads of medication In a capsule. Half of these dissolve to Induce sleep quickly. The other half le gradually released to sustain end steepen your netural sleep. Take HnRest tonlfht for safe, uninter rupted sleep. Weke up refreshed; tomorrow. Tew sleep ssjsndhrsr money hack. j NO ntnCMPTrON REQUIRED WAINSCOTT'S ! ; PHARMACY 222 E. Main SP 2-4440 SVe Ghre SiH Green Stamp Medford Student Chosen for Seminar Mrs. Carol Schmid, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davidson, 1308 Eureka circle. is a member of a special stu dent seminar for outstanding upperclassmen at Linfield Col lege, McMinnville. . v 'V ' ' Mrs. Schmid is a sonlor ma joring in mathametics.v The interdisciplinary semi nar is entitled Freedom and Authority. It is being offered for the first time at Linfield. : Eleven junior and senior students were chosen by the faculty for the seminar. Aca demic areas included are po litical . science, physical science, philosophy, religion, literature, history, sociology and psychology. - - v .. , ; The seminar holds one three hour session each week. The meetings are held in the eve ning at faculty homes. Women Outliving Men in United States Washington-luTD - Husband hunting may get more diffi cult because women are out living men in the United States. ' The Census Bureau report ed Sunday there were 97 men and boys for every 100 wom en and girls in this country last year, compared to a ratio of 98 to 100 in 1950. : -. It also said there were 9.1 million women 65 or older and only 7.3 million men in that age bracket. ' dies of modern time. ! What could be done? What is being done? - 40 Per Cent Drop ! i There will be 83,000 new cases of breast cancer and al most 24,000 deaths in 1961. A great many of the 24.000 could have been saved through ear lier diagnosis. , The American Cancer So ciety's growing uterine cancer program has effectively con tributed to a 40 per cent drop in death from the 'disease in a single generation. Today we have the potential to achieve a uterine cancer cure rate of nearly 100 per cent through wide use of the Papanicolaou smear technique. Still there will be 14,000 deaths from this disease in 1961. Earlier diagnosis could end this trag edy. " '... ;'-:;," V , !...; ' This year' there ' will be about 70,000 new cases of can cer of the colon and rectum and there will be about 40,000 deaths. This form of cancer is highly curable -three out of four victims when diagnosed and treated in its early stages, A digital and proctoscopic ex amination should be included in a routine, medical checkup each year, to find the cancers while they are still curable, Lung Cancer Lung cancer will take 37, 300 lives In 1961. This form of cancer offers a greater oppor tunity for prevention than any other type of cancer. It is esti mated that if men, women and teenagers did not smoke cigar ettes that 73 to 80 per cent of lung cancer would be elimi nated.. .- " ..'..' ' " Obviously what is needed today, if we are going to save the Uvea that could be saved through early, diagnosis. ' is more and more education, bet ter techniques of reaching and motivating people.. Let me re peat what the physician said: 'More can be done against cancer through education than against any other disease." (Nextt Methods of treatment.) SILVER LINING London - (DTD - The Sunday Observer carried this extract from a letter in its "Sayings of the Week" column: - "The spy trial cheered me up no end. I thought we had nothing to be secret about." POWERFUL NEW PLUNGER CLEARS CL0CCED TOILETS ! in a Jiffy! NEVER AGAIN that sick feellm when your toilet overflows TOIIrAFLCX' Toilet rju-wtt plunger e DOUBU-SIZC CUP, Douttt-ntuuu DESIGNED TO HEX AT ANY ANOIE e CENTERS ITSElf. CANT SKID AtOUND eTAKSED TAIt OIVEt AIH-TIOHT PIT (all uaraatMd AT HARDWARE STORES EVERYWHERE Who says you won't get POLIO? . , ' '. . '"? Polio struck last summer.. .and the summer before.. .and , it will strike again this summer. There is no reason why you can't get it unless you have had vaccine shots.' . The groups who appear to be particularly susceptible are young parents and babies. And now is the time to do something about it Don't wait another day to start the series of shots. It only takes minutes for protection. - Call your own physician or the local health depart' ment for information. . . ' .-' . No one who needs this protection should go without ill Du'f fair a (hanct-tak$ your POLIO shits I"!)!'.? J"?" woetntioe witt The Mrtrtlilnf Ceracll and tte Kmpsw Mvtmuitf UecutKn Aiwcittion. o 6 o ' i' o d o o o o ooooooooo d oo d odd o o SELL Ulfi iHitcrT: ifrfih i: ti),? tl XX Thouiandi of Enthuiiiitle and Eager Buyers Attended the Gigantic 77TH ' I . . CHaGH 0F $AtI?Rl V- WL I - ANNIVERSARY SAIE. They Saved. You Too, Can Save. Hurry for Your - r 1 tWM I N Share. Our Walls Are Bulging With Quality Merchandise. Hubbard Bros. , " Mi.' j fl . Owt I A, Known For Ym,- We MUST Move a HUGE PART OF ENTIRE STOCK. f X. rP!J 'to I " Jr , JieiVu I All ThoughH of Profits or Loss Have Been Completely Ignored in Our EKbrts ' :'; tetl?''ei wSf1? ' I I $IHT I to Make This The GREATEST BARGAIN EVENT Ever Offered In Medford ! ' I O l,OC I ' and for many miles around. Save in Hardware, Houseware, Giftware, Paint, f ' MY How 'S11 Vtms-"- tw I ' I rJ I Tools, Appliances and Sporting Goods, In Fact Entire Store. 1,,' 'c 0 V S SALE COIITIIIUES UNTIL STOCK IS DEPLETED xll pSSJ-r. h -, , ,- .O,: Vj Vatae.f2.50 rec. Ri. f 29,3 r..,.,o ,,. v.L l M- , Jarnous Brand Sturdy , ALUMINUM IVORY ONLY NAMl IRAND 9 O' One Special Lot ' 30-gsllon. , ... , . . ,i.y ;.."'. I 1 LJAKirN 1, UA Us- Screen MERCURY MAGNETIC Nai. W Op.rr.U - HAND - Qarbage - Doors ""NT . CABINET . Na"$ ; . ...t., ,19m TOOLS ' . Cans . - Mi OSSS?1- . ; caches ',' clln 10 (j J binoculars . 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