Show knowledge Is effective weapon against cancer knowledge is the most effective weapon against the disease of cancer dr I 1 millan of mexico city writes in an article in Sint esis an and I 1 ignorance gnor ance and isolated facts about the dreaded disease confirm in the public mind certain superstitions that have no reason for existing the most common fallacies regarding cancer are that no one knows what causes it the doctor states but we do know what cancer is and we also know what causes the development of certain forms dr millan milian says cancer is a term used to designate a large number of afflictions whose common characteristic is the growth of unlimited cells that perform no useful function to the rest of the organism in almost all of the known cancerous conditions the direct cause has been a prolonged irritation the disease can be caused by defective or decayed teeth and cancer of the lips is frequently found in people who smoke pipes or cigarettes ar ettes persons who handle dyes or chemically treated lubricating greases and farm laborers frequently develop cancer medical science according to dr millan has the fallacy that cancer is contagious it is possible to avoid cancer by removing the cause of irritation and second if cancer develops in a definite locality it is not difficult to remove the growth by surgery ay |