FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1933, Page 6

FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

NEW ZEALAND DOING SHARE long and difficult research. RATE OF PROGRESS INCREASING. KNOWLEDGE CRYSTALLISING. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Satisfactory progress in the search for the cause and cure of cancer was reported at to-day’s meeting of the New Zealand branch of the Empire Cancer Campaign Society. At the same time the Wellington division and the central committee met. . , T Dr. Elliott, who presided, said blew Zealand was playing its part in the world-wide cancer campaign, and the world had learned more about- cancer m the last 20 years than it had learned in 30 centuries which covered the recorded history of medicine. The knowledge of the causes of cancer was being gradually crystallised. It was not improbable that successful treatment would be discovered before the cause. At present early cases of cancer were often curable and hopeless cases could be greatly relieved, the pain greatly lessened and life prolonged. . The following delegates to the central committee were present: Otago, Sir Louis Barnett, Professor E. D’Arth, Mr. ,W. E. C. Reid; Canterbury, Sir H. T. D. Acland, Mr. W. S. Newburgh; Auckland, Dr. W. Young and Dr. C. H. Monee; Wellington, Dr. J. S. Elliott, Dr. P. Lynch and Mr. P. Fraser, M.P. Dr. A. M. Begg, the society s medical research officer, submitted a report upon the work carried out at the cancer research, laboratory at Dunedin. He pointed out that it was inevitable that tne investigations should be of extreme complexity and difficulty and several months might elapse before a result, affirmative or negative, could be achieved. The investigators’ courage and tenacity had been taxed to the extreme as regarded experiments and studies in immunity. It seemed at least true that partial and sometimes complete resistance could be produced by the inoculation of mouse tumour extract into other animals. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Society Dr. Elliott Was re-elect-ed president, Sir Louis Barnett and Sir H. T. D. Acland vice-presidents, and Mr. R. Darroch secretary and treasurer. Sir Louis Barnett paid a high tribute to the research work being, carried out by the society. It was only right, he said, that the public should know the great work being done and the good use being made of the funds generously subscribed by the people of the Dominion. Sir H. T. D. Acland expressed similar views. i It was decided that the next annual meeting of the society be held at Christchurch.