CANCER

Evening Star, Issue 19518, 28 March 1927, Page 5

CANCER

INCREASE IN AMERICA EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. Pre»s Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, March 26. Dr George (Director of the American Society for the Control of Cancer), addressing that body at Chicago, said that over 1,000,000 lives had been taken by cancer in the last- ten years. There were 300,000 sufferers from the disease in the United States, and cancer had advanced from sixth to fourth place among the leading causes of death. Ho added that cancer’s advance on the list of fatal diseases was due partly to the conquest of other diseases, but the great tragedy was in the fact that many deaths from cancer were preventable. It was only necessary for the public to learn about the disease and avoid charlatans. Ignorance was cancer’s foremost ally. : The organisation in engaged in raising an educational campaign of 1,000,000 dollars. Between 300,000 and 400.000 dollars have already been subscribed. PUBLICITY NECESSARY. BRITISH SURGEON’S VIEWS. LONDON, March 26. The contention that the general public should be kept in ignorance of the facts relating to cancer was disputed by Sir Berkeley Moynihan « (president of the College of Surgeons), who pointed out that he recently lectured on cancer in London, and as a result a number of doctors wrote him stating that patients had consulted them and undergone simple operations, thus probably preventing incurable cancer.

He added that the medical profession must recognise that public propaganda was right.