Show CANCER AnSWer line American Cancer Society A regular feature prepared bythe by bythe bythe the American Cancer Society to tei help save your life life from from cancer cancerI cancer I I M 1 p 1 i 1 I 1 i I tU 0 J I I-fl I AHTA A 4 college student asks When you smoke a cigarette just where in your your oui body does docs the smoke go In tests test done on smokers some 66 33 of cigarette tars found in smoke stayed in the mouth When inhaled even for as little as two seconds almost 90 of the smoke stayed in the mouth bronchial tubes or air sacs of the lungs It is alarming to realize that when smoke is retained for 30 seconds almost none is ex ex- haled It is hard to tell you where it goes beyond the lungs because of the difficulty in doing research in humans A reader wants to know What happened to that big jump in the nations nation's nations nation's cancer death rate that I 1 re read d about abou t not long ago ANSWER line You are referring referring referring refer refer- ring to an apparent unusual increase of 52 in cancer deaths reported for the first seven months of 1975 How Ilow- However However ever when all th the data for the year has been accumulated adjusted and studied it is probable that the 1975 cancer death rate will be the same as 1974 or perhaps just slightly higher It is pa that a 1975 flu epidemic may have been partially responsible for the jump you mention because flu often increases deaths among those very ill with cancer or heart disease A t career woman writes Recently Recently Re I had thermograph as part of a breast examination and I was amazed to notice ah air conditioning in The examination was quick and simple and I have no Questions ns a about ut that But ButY But Y I Ido tithe the cool air r l is a technique which enables experts t to see tee a heat pattern of the breast by visualizing j skin temperatures Possible tumors show up as hot hotspots 9 1 spots That air conditioning merely insured an accurate image of your bodily heat As you noted the room was cool but not unpleasantly so an and the test was very quick A grocer writes My father will b be coming home soon from the hospital after abdominal abdominal ab ab- ab cancer surgery We may need some ome special equipment equipment equip equip- ment like a type hospital-type bed What should we do Please call your local American Cancer Society Unit which has sickroom sick sick- sickroom room supplies available on a aloan aloan aloan loan basis American Cancer Society people can give you some practical and important information abo about t how to help your father Hopefully hell he'll soon be able to take care of himself and return to active life You also can help by showing confidence in him Question What is Laetrile Laetrile is a derivative of apricot pits which is of no proven use in cancer treatment It is an illegal drug in this country A cancer patient who turns to Laetrile instead of to a proven treatment is gambling with his or her life because it is a useless remedy that can waste very precious time |