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Show HEALTH ADVICE a By Dr Morris Fitribein Editor, Journal el tke America" Medical Med-ical Aitocistlo (This la the thirteenth In aeries ae-ries of articles in which Dr. Mor-ria Mor-ria Fiahbein discusses cancer, its causes and methods for prevention preven-tion and treatment). Any womanwho haa been troubled trou-bled with cancer or tumor of the breast should know that modern mod-ern medicine, given a chance, provldea waya of extending life. The average length of Ufa after discovery of cancer of tha breast is 38 months, but scientific nu-di-1 rine has advanced o far that ; any woman who is treated with ! thin condition haa a good chance i of livina for 10 yeiifa or mora. ; In 1878, a famous German surgeon sur-geon found that 23 per cent of the women on whom he operated with cancer of the breast died and that lesa than 5 per cent lived for mora than three years after the operation. Today aa many aa 70 per cent of women in whom the diagnoaia is made early will he found alive and well 10 yeara after treatment la begun. Probably the best figure! are thoae developed by the Medical Research Council of Great Britalr. It waa found that a woman with cancer of the breast who It not treated at all may expect to liva 17.2 per cent of the normal duration dura-tion of her life. dinary conditinna may expect to live 30.4 per cent of her normal duration. However, a person operated on under the most favorable conditions, condi-tions, when tha tumor la aeen early, may expect to liva M.S per cent of the normal duration. In one hospital. 0.l per cent of women operated on while the growth was still confined to tha breast were alive 10 yeara after operation. But 81 3 per cant of those operated on after the glanda under the arm were Involved by the cancer were dead within 10 years. A woman in England 58 yean old normally expects to liva 18.87 yeara longer. If ahe developa a cancer of tha breast and ia not treated promptly, aha may reasonably rea-sonably expect to live 3.25 years. If, however, the cancer ia diagnosed diag-nosed early and ahe is given adequate ade-quate treatment, she may expect to live 12.93 yean. Next: Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. |