Cache Valley Clarion | 1941-03-27 | Page 1 | Cancer is Problem of Early Diagnosis

CANCER IS PROBLEM OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General Gen-eral of U.S.A., spokesman for the field army declared, "This war against cancer is one in which all can join. Competent physicians tell us that between 50,000 and 75,000 of the more than 150,000 persons who died last year from cancer wi America could and should have been saved by early diagnosis and proper treatment. One method of insuring oneself against advanced .cancer, the medical leaders of the field army tell us, is to have a complete medical examination once a year, covering those sites that are known) to develop this disease. Health defense is national defense. Fight cancer with knowledge." n .