| Show Utah Medical Society Hears Cancer Talk Tell Iam TeI State Service CEDAR CITY Sept 3 More attention to early symptoms and greater use of at ray X-ray examinations would help reduce the death rate from cancer of at the lun lung which accounts for tor 10 o of or all aU cancer in men This view was expressed Atthe at atthe atthe the Friday morning session of the Utah State Medical annual convention here by a noted Yale surgeon on Dr GustAf E K Lindskog he head d' d of i the the depari department e t toC of oC surgery Surgery is the only treatment for Cor the disease which he said is definitely ft a disease of the male b because it occurs many times more frequently in men than it docs does in women New surgical and anesthetic techniques make removal of a cancerous cancerous can can- cerous lung a relatively safe procedure pro pro- procedure but the trouble is most cases are not diagnosed until the malignancy has spread to other tissues so operation cannot be un un- un- un Dr Lindskog said that only 40 of ot the patients patients' going to the Yale medical school clinic with lung cancer could be operated on In Inthe Inthe the he others only palliative X-ray X treatment could be undertaken All men over 40 who develop elop a R. anew anew new chronic cough or some type of discomfort or pain in the chest were advised by the Yale surgeon to o consult a physician and have a chest X ray It may not be cancer cancer can can- j cera but if it it Is is the chances of or successful removal remo a are r e much I greater If It the dIe patient is taken in hand early Dr Lindskog said cancer of the Uie lung apparently Is on the increase even allowing for statistical factors such as the greater average of at the population The reason for the increase is not known although there have been various arlous types of or speculation One OIe theory is that it is due to inhalation in inhalation in in- halation of motor vehicle fumes but Dr Lindskog said there is no evidence that it occurs more frequently frequently fre fre- among city people than among mon their country cousins He also discounted the theory some sometimes sometimes sometimes times advanced that use of tobacco is an Inciting factor I The first successful removal of ofa at ata a lung cancer was in 1933 The patient was a and he is still living Jiving and well Dr Lindskog told of another case of a farmer who is doing his own chores even cutting wood The medical service bureau Utah State Medical a plan for prepayment of surgical and maternity care costs paid out to doctors of the state during the month 12 period ended July 31 It was reported by Allen H. H executive secretary He said during the past year the number of persons persona covered under the contract has increased from irom 16 to persons The medical service bureau plan known as Blue Shield is sold in conjunction with Blue Cross which provides prepayment for Cor hospital costs Appendectomies constituted the greatest number of surgical cases paid for Cor by the plan to date or slightly more than 29 Maternity Maternity Mater Mater- cases were next with 1676 tonsil and adenoid operations with I 1333 gynecology fractures fractures frac frac- tures and all others Drs Ray T T. Woolsey and Claude Shields Salt Lake City were reelected reelected reelected re- re elected directors of ot the bureau and Dr Sims E. E Duggins Panguitch is a new director |
