DANGER SIGNALS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21295, 23 September 1932, Page 12

DANGER SIGNALS

SYMPTOMS.OF CANCER 1 , • i . /. . i-» i > APPEAL BY A DOCTOR EARLY TREATMENT ESSENTIAL in "I have no wish to be a scaremonger, sfc but wo doctors arc waging war against r > a deadly enemy, one who never knows ■y when he is beaten, and wo cannot give him too big a start and then beat him," it said Dr. P. Stanley Foster, when making *e a n emphatic plea at the meeting of tho ie -Cancer Campaign Society in Christ-, •y church for tho early treatment of cancer, i- They had all been impressed, ho said, >r by the numbers of cancer cases that came !• for treatment, and they had been grate's ful and encouraged by tho results obie taincd. " But," ho added, " and the )fc 'but' is still great, we aro constantly disappointed at tho last stage in which tho ' s patients often present themselvos, and this, 16 I believe, is tho greatest obstaclo to our 16 progress at present. . " It is hard to understand why people t s hri«k fi'om showing their trouble to a o doctor until too late for a cure. I want particularly to stress this point. It has ( E. often been said before, but needs repeate ing: Cfincer in its early stages is deli--0 nitoly curablo in a high percentage of 0 cases. Tho longer tho delay, the poorer 0 tho chance of euro becomes, and too often 0 tho doctor is faced with tho heartbreaking inability to do more than alleviate 8 tho suffering. t "Wo know, only too well, that some 5 internal forms of cancer aro difficult—s sometimes impossible—to recognise early. But many on the surface aro more obvious. " If you have a sore or growth that j persists on tho skin, especially on tho face or Hps, see your doctor. If you have * a soro in tho mouth or tonguo that does not heal soon, see your doctor. ' "If you have a lump in tho breast, let your doctor see it. It may bo harm- ' loss, but it may be dangerous. Get advice. "Indigestion or anaemia in the fourth or fifth decade of life calls for investigation. "I have tried briefly to point out a ' few danger signals, in the hope that some patients may benefit.'' > —i