Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-07-03 | Page 33 | Why More Women Suffer from Cancer than Men

Why More Women Suffer from Cancer Cancel Than an Men MenS S SINCE INCE 1864 the cancer death rate has b been n growing rowing at an alarming rate in England an and d Wales Vales In t that nt year the tho ratio of deaths per million of population iv was in In 1917 this ratio had bad grown to 1210 A similar increase is shown in every other civilized country which keeps a n record of such each matters Usually figures indicate ate e that the tho inroads of the disease are less les serious than they actually are because cases of internal 1 cancer are often responsible for the death of patients Aroused by the tho rapid spread of ot the disease and the growing ng mortality British medical authorities have undertaken a comprehensive comprehensive compre compre- study of the situation and are considering considering considering consider consider- ing ways and means for its improvement Contrary Contrary Con Con- to what is generally understood they ta say aay medical men have long recognized the immediate causes of cancerous growths Cancer is not a single malady but a host of maladies 10 primary and at least 20 secondary kinds have been Each case has its ih own distinct rise Women suffer from cancer more frequently than men although the latter are by no means immune The special causes held to bo ho responsible ble for the disease in women are aggravated b by Y trouble worry anxiety and the wear and tear of living The alarming increase of the disease in inthe inthe inthe the past two or three generations say ay cancer experts experts ex ex- results largely from the annually augmented augmented augmented aug aug- wear and tear incident to increasing civilization civil civil- ch civilization l- l from which few under present conditions conditions conditions condi condi- can escape No diminution of this wear and tear this strain of civilization can be expected until conditions conditions conditions con con- of life become far more easy and simple than they are now Nevertheless as a writer in inThe Tho The Pathfinder points out a great deal can tc be bedone DC done to ro prevent cancer and check its terrifying increase One important means to that end says lays this writer would be greater equanimity and cheerfulness among women Another factor of the greatest importance is to keep the body normally healthy and strong by rationally conforming conforming conforming con con- forming to the general laws of heath health which are in no small measure individual and which vary more or less in different persons Cancer in men menis menis menis is usually traceable to some infraction of natures nature laws such as overindulgence in alcoholic beverages beverages bever ages intemperance rance in eating e eThe etc The only real cure now known for a genuine cancer eancer is is the surgeons surgeon's knife or some form of cauterization it is declared In some instances nature seems to hold nold the growth in check Proper treatment with drugs in such uch cases may help belp nature nature na na- na ture along in this beneficial work Ordinarily an operation can be counted on onto onto onto to cure the disease and prolong the patients patient's life indefinitely if the cause of the trouble is is recognized recognized in timo time and the operation is performed before before be be- fore the disease has developed too far Cancer tends to ro spread from tho the point where the growth begins to other tissues and to to organs which the tho surgeon dares not tamper with Most failures of operations are due to the fact that the cancer has developed beyond the initial stage and the infection infection tion has spread to ro other parts of the body before the patient submits to such sueh treatment