Show New Cancer Treatment Dru Drug g Benefits I Victims in Advanced Disease Stage i CHICAGO March 27 A 1 tf A Anew new drug for the treatment of cancer in m advanced stages has I been used with beneficial results in tests given more than a score of patients it was disclosed Monday 1 R Res Results e s u l 1 t s of the treatments which started 18 months ago were disclosed to some physicians i clans and research workers from all sections of the country I Announcement of oC the new drugs drug's action was made by Dr Andrew C C. Ivy cancer authority and vice president in charge of the professional schools of the University of oC Illinois Dr Ivy that the substance known as I from Greek words meaning creator creator creator cre ator of a biological force should not be he called a cure curc I IThe The substance a whitish powder powder pow pow- der del derived from the blood serum scrum I of horses was discovered by Dr Steven Durovic 46 a former Yugoslavian physician who came cameo cameto cameto to o Chicago two years ago Only limited amounts of the substance are arc available for research pur pur- poses Tests by Dr Ivy and four other physicians were conducted conduct cd on 22 I patients in Chicago area hospitals hos hos- hosI I Other tests were made on seven patients conducted by Dr Z T. T Berkovitz of University hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital in New York City The tests in Chicago started 18 months ago shortly after Dr Durovic arrived here from Argentina Argentina Ar Ar- I Ar-I gentina where he had fled when the thc nazis invaded his native land Dr Durovic manufactured the drug in an Argentine laboratory and brought a n supply here for forthe forthe the experiments I Dr Ivy said the 22 patients selected for treatment with kreI krc- krc kreI I were either cither hopeless cases I or had cancer which could not notI I be successfully treated by surgery surgery suri sur sur- i gery or X I Eight of the 22 patients have died but life was prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed in some of these cases Dr Ivy said that of the 14 still alive 12 to 17 months after receiving receiving rei re re- re- re i their first injection of the drug two show no evidence I of cancer He reported the other II 12 have shown a moderate to marked improvement |