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Show Cancer Crusade Mead For Doors In Davis Campaign By BETTY C. FISHER This week the annual Cancer Crusade got well underway un-derway in the door-to-door fund-raising efforts of some thousand volunteers in the Davis County area from Far-mington Far-mington south to the county line. A BIG boost to the door-to-door efforts was a collection of $1125.00 a "special gift" of funds from business people who were contacted by Aldin O. Hayward and Stahle Wicker, who have carried out this volunteer effort for the past eight years. Although the funds collected collect-ed in the campaign are important im-portant to the life-saving programs of research, education educa-tion and service, volunteers are also distributing a unique checklist of possible risks for the most common forms of cancer to each home they visit. Other educational pamphlets are also being left . at each home. THE CHECKLIST, contained con-tained in a newly-published leaflet, may help you and your doctor plan the best program for protecting you against cancer. According to Karen Stewart, Crusade Chairman, "A cancer risk doesn't mean that you will ever get the disease but it does mean that one should take some precautionary precau-tionary steps." "FOR EXAMPLE a woman who is over 40 and has a close relative with a history of breast cancer should (1) plan the best program with her doctor regarding mammography mam-mography or frequency of examination; and (2) learn how to do a monthly breast self-examination. "She may never develop breast cancer but if she does she has taken some wise steps towards finding the cancer when it is most easily treated and often cured," she said. THE AMERICAN Cancer Society now estimates that one out of every four people who die of cancer might have been saved through earlier diagnosis and prompt treatment. treat-ment. "One-third of all cancer patients are now being saved." Mrs. Stewart said, "so if we could add those who might have been saved by earlier diagnosis and treatment treat-ment we could be saving half of all cancer patients with the means and knowledge we have today." Education of the public about cancer risks, safeguards and warning signals sig-nals is therefore an important part of the ACS approach to fighting cancer. "We also olfer major support of research and help patients and their families through ACS programs of rehabilitation, rehabilita-tion, and patient and community com-munity services," Ted Peterson, Peter-son, president of the Davis South unit added. "AT THE same time, we have an intensive program which brings the latest information infor-mation about cancer diagnosis, diag-nosis, treatment and rehabilitation to physicians, nurses and dentists and allied medical professions," he added. ad-ded. "So it's easy to see how very important it is for the residents in the south end of Davis County, as elsewhere, to welcome the "neighbor saver" who will be visiting each residence from Far-mington Far-mington south to the county line during April," Mrs. Stewart edded. |