Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-11-14 | Page 4 | Beware-Cancer

BEWARE CANCER One woman in eight and cne man I in 14 dies of cancer. So the public I should gladly give deep thought to the medical warnings and advice CilTU- I dated during "cancer week.' Novi m-;ber m-;ber 12 to 13 Here are the important facts you 1 thould know about this dread di? tease: First Cancer usually la caused by chronic irritatlcn, particularly of the 'stomach. Thirty per cent of cancers; ;ln men and 21 per cent in women arc iri the stomach Second Cancer is not contagious. It Is not a germ disease , Third Cancer la not hereditary, 'though a person may inherit a "tendency'' "ten-dency'' or physical weakness which, not safeguarded, may enable cancer to develop easily. Fourth Cancer, taken in the early stages, often is curable in the hands of medical experts. Radium is work 7.;; wonders !n this line. So is surgery. Dr, Francis Carter Wood, director of the Columbia university institute of cancer research, learned this: Between Be-tween the ages of 13 and 19, only one ,in 250,000 dies of cancer. Between 20 and 24, only one person in 200,000. 'Between 25 and 34. one man in 10,000 and one woman in 5000 dies of cancer And so the rate rises until, between 'the ages of 65 and 75, ono man in 200 and one woman in 150 dies of cancer. i Thus cancer is especially dangerous 1 in middle life and after. But tho irritation ir-ritation or other cause of cancer often starts much earlier, so no one Is immune, im-mune, and all should be on their 1 guard As with other diseases, a porlodlcal physical examination by a skilled physician is the best safeguard against cancer.