CANCER CLINICS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 August 1933, Page 5

CANCER CLINICS

GROUN.DLESS FEARS REMOVED

The importance of the work of cancer clinics was emphasised in the report of the Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson and Westland Division of the British Empire Cancer Campaign Society that was read at the annual meeting by Sir Hugh Acland. reports the “Times.” Sir Hugh said that during the year Dr. Roland Fulton, of Dunedin, who was appointed correlating officer of all the clinics, visited Christchurch, and carefully overhauled the recording system. 11 is recommendations for the improvement of records had, in common with the other clinics in New Zealand, been adopted, and as a result, a uniform system existed. Already the four clinics Had more than 2COG : accurate, uniform and complete records which would increase by some 800 to ICOO a year, fn time valuable data would be obtained from these figures from which conclusions as to the results of the treatment of cancer in New Zealand might be drawn, enabling comparisons to be made with results of treatment in other countries.

The immediate direct benefit of the Christchurch Hospital clinic had been that patients had had the advantage of the collective experience of all the members of the clinics in the diagnosis and treatment of their disease. It was believed that already there was definite improvement in the results of treatment.

Another important aspect of the work of the clinic was the re-assurance given to those who feared groundlessly that they wore suffering from cancer. Some 250 patients who had attended the clinics during the last three years had had the fear of cancer removed from their minds.