CANCER CASES CURED
THOUSANDS IN AMERICA ENCOURAGING RESULTS (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) CHICAGO, October 12. (Received Oct. 13, at 5.5 p.m.) Professor Allen, who participated in the American College of Surgeons’ symposia on the importance of accurate hospital records and national broadcasting on prenatal care of women, informed the Australian press that the discussions at the congress indicated that cancer is curable. There were encouraging results of the treatment at American centres, emphasis being put on early diagnosis and further education of the public. The statistics adduced of known cancer cures of all types, without recurrence in five years, totalled 24,448. Professor Whitehouse, representative of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that cancer was Undoubtedly increasing in England and Wales, where 60,716 persons died in the last 12 months.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22084, 14 October 1933, Page 11
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