Radium Is Not A “Cure” For Cancer .
■\Y7TIILE the first annual report of the Cancer Commission in England will cause regret in many quarters, it is, perhaps, well that its conclusion should be expressed in such plain words. _ The considered opinion of the Commission is that so far radium has not made good a claim to be considered a “ cure ” for cancer. To many this will be most unpalatable
ms®®iisiisiimsms news, but it is better that the truth should be told. Too much extravagance of language has been used as to the effect of radium on the malady, and hopes were created and stimulated only in many instances to be rudely shattered. But if radium treatment is not the certain “ cure ” that many expected, yet its application in numerous cases has proved beneficial at least in minimising the excruciating agony through which the victims have to pass. That in itself is something to be thankful for, even if higher hopes and expectations have been doomed to disappointment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 6
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