THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 126, 24 November 1923, Page 13

THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

■ The University of Sydney, wth th« men" and tlie "organisation well •■'ififfini -ifi for the responsible.,work,-has,launched, in New South Wales ; a campaign againsb cancer, with the" object, primarily, "of establishing a-; Cancer: Institute". for' ..re-f search within- the university grounds, and of investigating'the; problem Vin'all its phases. For the equipment and'maintenance of the institute, and Ihe furtherance of -the -work- generally, it is estimated that at least £100,000' will bY required; and. an appeal his now been made to public-spirited citizens to-aid-tha movement with endowments. The fact that cancer.is taking, such a terrible toll of life has prompted this aggressive move by the university... Figures'-ha.ve-;beett published to. show that an the Gommohr. wealth, of persons aged 30 or over who die, roughly one in every ten passes rbub through this scourge.. And there is ;the alarming fact that the-.disease is on the increase. , The gravity of the position -=m New Zealand is also cited, on the author-' ltative words of Dr. Herbert, chairman of the council of the New Zealand branch of the .British Medical Association.'" He says that in. the Dominion, can.cer ha 3 been the most common cause of death for many years 'past.. British statistics,' again, show that' of: the "persons over the age of 30 who die, one in every'seven in the OH Country dies"ffoia cancer.. The new movement in this 1 State has this sympathetic backing of the Press! ■••-■■