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Show Early Cancer Treatment A cancer occurs when abnormal ab-normal cells begin a wild, unrestrained growth in some part of the body. They may spread by infiltrating adjacent ad-jacent tissue, by traveling through the circulatory and lymphatic systems to distant locations in the body, or by any combination of these. , . .. THIS GROWTH and the L -Mfedf -fencer eirlwrtf- be fatal if not checked. Your doctor treats cancer by surgery, by radiation to destroy- the tumor, and special drug therapy. Often several of these treatments will be used. A FEW types of cancer, such as the leukemias, react quite well to hormones and newly discovered drugs. The American Medical As sociation points out that one third of all cancers in the United States are being cured today. Cancers are most readily curable if they can be treated before they spread from their original locations. TO BE cured, cancers must be found early and removed or destroyed before they have starred. to.spreadSipce two reJ.on ' the surface of the body or close enough to the surface to be readily seen or felt, early detection often is possible. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. Lung cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer. Cancer of the larynx has persistent hoarseness as an early sign. COLON AND rectal cancer will occur in more than 100,000 American men and women each year, and is the second highest cause of cancer deaths among women. Cancers are curable if found and treated promptly. Early detection is largely the individual's own responsibility. respon-sibility. It depends on an active ac-tive interest in one's own health and willingness to let the physician judge the importance im-portance of a danger signal. |