Show hull IU U. U of U. U Chosen Cancer ancer Drug Testing Center College of Medi Medicine Weighs Acceptance Of Research Program may make the University of Utah's m medical e d die i c a l 1 school one of the key points in inan inan inan an extensive research program to lick Americas America's No 2 killer cancer is a new drug developed developed developed de de- in Argentina and already already al al- al ready tested in the United States with promising results The University of Utah has been chosen as one of se several seral ral points where extensive research in the drug will be carried earned out according to Dr J John olm Z Bowers dean of the university's college of medicine Dr Bowers said none of the drug had been received here and that the un university is not yet certain whether it will accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac the research program Elaborate Program Selection of the University of Utah for the research is a result of an elaborate program of cancer cancer cancer can can- drug research already in progress progress pro pro- gress gross at the rapidly growing medical center National Nation l publicity of the preliminary preliminary preliminary pre pre- tests of the newest drug several months ago showed there were 29 patients treated with it itin itin itin in one test and all had showed improvement with two recovering recovering recovering recover recover- ing completely Dr Andrew C Ivy of the University Uni Uni- University i- i of Illinois said the drug will be sent to some 40 research I groups throughout the country for lor additional testing Careful Testing If the program is accepted by the University of Utah patients will be bc carefully tested for affected affected affected af af- af- af areas before beCore they are Selected selected se Se- see for treatment Dr Maxwell Maxwell Maxwell Max Max- well professor and head of the department of medicine medicine medicine medi medi- cine will direct the research according according according ac ac- ac- ac I cording to Dr Bowers i i Dr Ivy who recently discussed i ithe i the newest I d drug r rug u g at a special I meeting of physicians in Chicago has already asked Dr to serve serve on a national central committee to be headed by Dr Ivy Cautions Against Dr Bowers in discussing the possibility of cancer research in Salt Lake City with the new drug said he would like to caution caution caution cau cau- tion the public against become- become ing over-optimistic over about a cancer cure in the very ery near I future It It is true there are many hospitals in this country and throughout the world now engaged engaged engaged en en- in an attempt to to isolate I chemical agents of value ing cancer according to Dr I Bowers but unfortunately these drugs do not always react the same on human beings as they do on tumors in animals upon which they are first tested Time Needed It flit takes many years to be certain of the action of any new I drug diug for the patient must be carefully carefully checked to find if C there I is a recurrence or if the cure is complete In many cancer cases a drug may cause a tumor to regress rapidly But it may appear a few ew months later and either be Immune immune immune im Im- im- im mune to the first treatment or grow very rapidly At the present stage of oC research research research re re- re- re search medical men generally refer to a two year a five year or ora ora ora a ten year cure with regard to toc to Dr c can cancer a n c e r according Bowers |