DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER.
DOCTOR'S OPINION. . "Although cancer is the outstanding riddle of modern medicine,, we know »• great deal more about it than we know about many -othef diseases." This statement was made a few days ago by Dr. J. G. Stephens at a meeting of the Sydney University Agricultural Graduates' Association. "The reason why cancer' occupies its position as one of the supreme killers of mankind is the great difficulty of early diagnosis," Dr. Stephens said. "There is no characteristic sympton. Pain is infrequent in the early stages, and patients present themselves too late for effective treatment. "The main aim of cancer research, therefore, should be the discovery of a specific method of diagnosis. This would be far more important than the discovery of a (so-called cause of cancer. "Indeed, it is improbable that there is any simple specific cause. "Many diagnostic tests have been proposed from time to time. Recently it has been claimed that many living cells give off the so-called iatrogenic rays. It has' been stated, too, that normal blood gives off these radiations, but that the blood of cancerous patients does not do so, and hopeful attempts are being made to employ this phenomenon as a basis for a diagnostic test for cancer."
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20274, 27 June 1931, Page 13
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DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER.
Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20274, 27 June 1931, Page 13
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