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Show By ARTHUR GODFREY -i Honorary education Chairman of th American Canctr Socity'$ 1961 Cru$ad Back Cancer Research J AM fascinated by figures. On of my fvorit forms of relaxation relaxa-tion is to tackla mathematical problems. since my operation for canctr two years ago, I have become very conscious of cancer statistics because I am one. t ... I't's consider what would happen to six per- i7. 1 sns who get cancer today. Numbers 1 and 2 l . 4 will be saved. Number 3 will die, but might have It a ,T been saved had proper treatment been received -" 1'i in time- Numbers 4, 6 and 6 will die of cancer l . ttf because research has not yet come up with i K Y; methods of controlling their cancers. V l " 'J Number 3 should be the first target of all be- - L W " i cause something can be done now about him. L-'' Saving number 3 would mean the saving of an I -r- ' additional 85,000 lives a year, bringing the total I of those saved from cancer eaeh year up to L kf 255.000. Numbers I, 5, and 5 should be our second tar- Arthgr Qodfrty Se And her too we can do something today. fn r j . ho American Cancer Society has more requests Thii fop worthwhile research projects than it can support, nn.-f' 'esearch is being held back. I am not one to take away any-pleasure. any-pleasure. but this fact interests me: In 1959, the public volun-2nn volun-2nn 2! 8ave 32.000,000 to eancer control, while it voluntarily spent evu times as much, or $9,600,000,000 on alcoholic beverages. |