| Show One Out of Every Four By HAROLD N. N Dr is Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology Radi Radiology at the School of Medi Medicine cine University of or the State Stale of New York and a Fellow of the American College of Radiology You and I have read recently recent recent- ly of several well known Hollywood Hollywood Hol lywood stars who died of cancer cancer can can- almost all within a or two of one another THIS TIllS KIND of tragic news involving prominent people sometimes distorts the facts of our continuing success in infighting infighting infighting fighting malignant growths We are arc in fact improving the chances for beating this kind land landof I of oC disease but we could do better belter Right now this very day one out of ever every three persons persons persons per per- sons who have cancer is being cured On the Ule other hand with our present diagnostic and therapeutic equipment a and n d knowledge it is certainty possible pos sible to cure one of every two persons with cancer This is isa isa isa a significant fact affecting all of us because American Cancer Cancer Can Society statistics show that one out of every four persons persons persons per per- sons in the United States will have cancer during his life life- time WHERE DO we stand on the actual ultimate control of the disease I believe personally that the ultimate answer will have to tobe tobe tobe be some agent or agents used singly or in combination which when introduced within the Ule body will selectively seek out and destroy the Ule cancer cells without causing irreparable damage to normal cells The effectiveness of such an agent or agents may be greatly great great- ly enhanced when used in combination combination combination com com- with either cither surgery or radiation treatments IT IS ALSO quite possible that various types of agents or combination of these agents may have to be developed for forthe forthe forthe the treatment of each of the many different types of can can- That's a fact that many people dont don't know cancer is not just one ono disease its it's actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac a lot of different di die I Still I am optimistic as are area a lot of my research and practicing practicing physician As one of them said recently at a medical meting If the next ten years are as productive as the past decade then certainly certain ly Iy we have much to hope for forin forin forin in the ceaseless struggle against cancer |
