CANCER OF LARYNX
Success For New Method Of Treatment (Received April 9. 7..” J) p.m.) NEW YORK. April 8. Dr. Max Cutler, an eminent cancer specialist, lias announced the development of a highly successful method of treating apparently early eases of eaneer <>t tile larynx. Tlie new treatment, voiicei:trates either X-ray or radium rays on .1 very small area with very .'■lrniig dnsra given at the point of origin ol the growth, v. hirli is the most resist tin I part and where :i recurrence isjnosl einnmon. The I i c.-il inent in ."ill nioder.ilely early easvs resnlli'il in tlie initial ili-:ippear-aiuv of lliv lesion in 40 ••a.-i's anil 2.1 <4 2S palieuls treated three years ago are still alive, free from disease and apparently cured. Undi r fnriner met hods, com plcte removal of tlie larynx would' ne necessary in approximately hall’ of thes‘: patients In effi'et a cure.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 165, 10 April 1944, Page 5
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150CANCER OF LARYNX Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 165, 10 April 1944, Page 5
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