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Show I HEALTH j ADVJCE By Dr. Morris -Fishbein Editor, Journal of trie Americea Medical Med-ical Aiiecietioo This Is the nlnetenth of a aeries of articles In which Dr. Morris Flshbein discusses cancer, its causea and measures for its pre-ij- vantion and cure. The main factors In th treatment treat-ment of cancer today ar surgery, radium and the X-ray. The X-ray has been tremendously Improved In the last 30 years and much more has been learned about J radium. Long ago it was found thst the tiuues which make up a cancer are more sensitive to radium and the X-ray than are normal tissue. A surgeon may remove a cancer by use of a knife or the electric' cautery or by similar methods. When he removes the cancer ha tries also to remove all th tissue near the cancer which may have been invaded and all of the swollen swol-len glands related in any way to the growth. The radiologist Is particularly concerned with cancer of the skin and cancer of the cervix and uterus, and these methods are used also In certain tumors of the mouth, throat and larynx. Radium has really been found to be of rather limited value in cancer of the stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys and Intestines. In-testines. The dangerous methods of treatment treat-ment Include ointments, phutera or massage. Ointments containing contain-ing acustic drugs may damage the neighboring tissues and mak them more susceptible to cancer. Massage or any rough manipulation manipula-tion may help to apread tumor throughout the body. Dieta, drugs, glands, serums, colored lights and similar methoda also have been used without any real success. It has been rather well established estab-lished that neither worry nor cheerfulness can control th cause or disappearance of a cancer can-cer in any way. It is not possible to cause a cancer to disappear by adopting a cheerful altitude toward it. Chief danger of attempting to treat a serious condition by mental men-tal methods is the possibility of overlooking any possible chanc that exists for treatment with well established scientific methods. Next Danger of cancer treatment treat-ment by quack. |