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Show Kenny Foundation Broadens Work In Treatment, Research Fields Minneapolis, Minn. Scientists, professors and department heads of leading medical schools across the country are cooperating in the expanding medical program of the Elizabeth Kenny foundation, according to Marvin L. Kline, national executive director. mr---!v-r'it Pro8ram ne explained, includes medical research, E, ' ancj the sponsoring of fellows and medical seminars and i scholarship gTants. The medical research program which ?. the Kenny foundation is sponsoring at its own treatment 'W,, --- sj centers and a number of universities across the country is ; "t-Jf; ' not limited to the field of polio, but includes other neuro- ' muscular disorders of various kinds, he asserted. !- l"- "Included on the medical advisory committee and plan-P plan-P . mn8 committee set up by the Kenny foundation to help I t s provide greater service," Kline said, "are doctors who are R ' "-. affiliated with the various departments of the following ' schools: Ik t..j.i "University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.; Stanford university, Palo Alto, Calif.; University of California, Los KLINE Angeles, Calif.; New York university, New York City, N.Y.; Columbia university, New York City, N.Y.; Ohio State university, Columbus, Ohio; Baylor university (hospital), Dallas, Texas; Mayo clinic, Rochester, Minn.; College of Medical Evangelists, Los Angeles, Calif.; McGill university, Montreal, Canada; Washington university, St. Louis, Mo.; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. ; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Illinois, Urbana, III.; Herman hospital, Houston, Texas, and Marquette university, Milwaukee, Wis. "The Kenny foundation's expanding rehabilitation program offers help to persons of all ages who have nerve, muscle or joint disabilities which our medical staff believes may be lessened by such treatment." The prog-am of the Kenny foundation is made oosriMe thret':''i fundi contributed by the public. Teach ihem Saeiy WALK SAftLY OWN'. .. - x - - " - f . V . . (a GOOD EDuSATOr) f p I 'vl In your community, as in every community. ?f V JF through which it operates, your home railroad, f - Rio Grande, is a major contributor to the support v . of your educational system. f..i' T- u N ' ' For example, in 1955, the Denver & Rio Grande 4 Nv7 Western Railroad paid a total of $1,228,830.15 " , . , r a ' y s v. " in taxes to Utah counties. Of this amount, " S" I ' s S f $877,016.57 went directly for school purposes; f - f -, " under the efficient, economical operation : y ? f' s, ' of Utah schools($235 average cost. per pupil, t'r' 'Vk,"' ' - Cv reported by the Utah State Board ; ' ''I j J " n r of Education) Rio Grande's taxes covered a "Sf, y ' ' . -' " v . V" year's cost for 3,732 students! ' " , ' J i " v 'j7 The remaining $351,813.58 went to support state, I '' j I 4 ' , . . , I r . ' i A 1 , county and municipal governments, with I ' " ? t" I x . t " ' ; , I 4 $46,557.49 expended for county roads, and sizeable I " " i s I amounts earmarked for airports. , i, ' ' , 1 .t y The Rio Grande is proud to be your partner I JX in progress ... proud to fulfill the major duties V " ' s of pubhc service and citizenship. Dedicated to the J overall development of its territory, Rio Grande . pledges continued dependable service in the ' ' far-sighted spirit of our great American system 5 s s' of free enterprise. p ; Register now . . . VOTE in November! f &$. . ' $ Watch out for the kids . . . ""'"I , rJ ArV let them live to enjoy ti. a life l.-4-.-.j y' for wnich they're preparing. Route of The Vlsta-Dome CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR . The PROSPECTOR The Vista-Dome ROYAL GORGE . The Vista-Dome COLORADO EAGLE DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD! Your Doctor Says ... The following is one of a series of articles written by members of the Utah State Medical Association and published in cooperation with your local newspaper. These articles are scheduled to appear every other week throughout the year in an effort to better acquaint you with problems of health, and designed to improve the well-being well-being of the people of Utah. CANCER OF THE BREAST Cancer of the breast is the most common form of capcer in American females; overwhelmingly so in white women past the age of forty. The disease is rare in women under thirty and has its peak incidence from age forty-five to fifty-five. In a few types of cancer affecting humans some responsible carcinogenic agent can occasionally be identified as playing a causative role in the development develop-ment of the malignant tumor. Examples of this are cancer of the bladder occurring occur-ring in men who work with certain kin'ds of dyes and in people with rare chronic parasitic infestations. It is also Rnown that solar radiation and chronic arsenic poisoning predispose to cancer of the skin. It was long ago noted that a significant sig-nificant percentage of men working with radio-active substances developed tumors of the bone. Although no such definite cause-effect factors have been identified in the case of female breast cancer, some general observations have been made which are interesting. The rate of occurrence in Japanese women is for unknown reasons only about fifteen percent of what it is among American women. Breast cancer occurs slightly more frequently in single women than in women who are married. In married women it occurs more frequently in those who marry late in life and exhibit reduced fertility. Delay in the onset of the menopause and abnormal lactation are sometimes significant features in the medical history of patients with this disease. Either breast is affected as often as the other. About one percent of all breast cancers occur in men. Heredity can scarcely be incriminated as a proven causative factor in breast cancer. As in other forms of malignancy mammary cancer occasionally affects several members in a family through one or more generations. Whether this has genetic significance or whether it is simply coincidence in a relatively common disease is yet to be established. Susceptible cancer strains have been developed in laboratory animals but the human race is so heterogenous genetically ge-netically speaking that there is no opportunity for anything like that to develop. Since the results of the treatment of cancer are unquestionably influenced by the time interval which elapses between be-tween the genesis of the tumor and its detection, early diagnosis is all-important so that effective treatment, may be instituted. How is a woman to know whether or not she harbors a malignant growth in one of her breasts? What are the early signs and symptoms she is to look for? It should be emphasized strongly and repeatedly that pain is not an early symptom. Pain in the breast is, in fact, much more apt to indicate the presence of some condition other than cancer such as an inflammatory process or one of the poorly understood changes within the breast possibly resulting from the effects of body hormones. Many women julfer from intermittent pain in one or both breasts. This is especially prone to occur just before the menstrual periods. Other changes such as soreness and slight enlargement not infrequently are also manifested at this time. Pain as a symptom in cancer of the breast usually comes only after the tumor has spread to other organs and then is apt to arise from that organ and not from the primary growth in the breast. The pre-eminent, all-important first sign of breast cancer is the often ail-too inconspicuous small lump within the breast. Inasmuch as the glandular tissue of the breast is subdivided into many more or less separate compartments compart-ments and the entire gland is surrounded by an irregular layer of fat the inexperienced inex-perienced examiner might mistake a normal structure for an abnormal lump. Furthermore, not all abnormal lumps are cancers. Most tumors of the breast are, in fact, non-cancerous; representing either solid or cystic (filled with fluid) growths which pose no threat to the patient's life. Physicians can frequently differentiate these various disorders by usual diagnostic methods. Whenever there is any doubt as to its true nature surgical removal of the tumor is recommended. recom-mended. The pathologist then studying under the microscope the characteristics of the cells making up the tumor can within minutes advise the surgeon of the exact potential of the growth. There are other signs besides a lump which are sometimes associated with breast cancer. These signs include a disproportion dispro-portion in the size and shape of the two breasts, a lump first appearing under the arm, a discharge from or an inversion in-version of the nipple, and changes in the skin overlying the tumor. Again, as with a lump in the breast, these changes are not necessarily those of cancer but may be present in the absence of any disease or they may be associated with non-cancerous disease. Knowing these few facts about breast cancer it is an elementary deduction that a woman's best protection against this disease is early detection and immediate im-mediate treatment. Early detection implies frequent examination of the breasts. This project had probably best employ the combined efforts of both individual and her physician; the doctor conducting semi-yearly examinations and, under his tutelage, the patient performing more frequent inspections. In this regard, the American Cancer Society, deserves highest commendation for the service it is performing in showing show-ing its film on "Self Examination of the Breasts" to small groups of women everywhere. When the day arrives that both normal and abnormal growth processes are better understood it is conceivable that means of controlling them will also be discovered. Then it may be possible to arrest or even reverse cancerous growth processes simply by administering administer-ing chemical agents. Selective destruction of these abnormal tissues may also be possible by administering radio-active material for which the cancer has strong affinity and which when taken up by the cancer set about bombarding it to death with their lethal emanations. Such intriguing developments may not be as far off as many believe. However, at present, the best treatment available for cancer of the breast is surgical removalseparation re-movalseparation of the killer from its host, in other words. If this is carried out before cancer cells invade lymph nodes surrounding the breast over seventy percent of these patients may be cured of their disease. Should surgical treatment fail and the tumor affect other parts of the body, other forms of treatment can be applied which in many instances afford the patient years of comfortable, productive living. |