CANCER RESEARCH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 109, 11 May 1931, Page 7

CANCER RESEARCH

EXPERIMENTS IN LONDON [British Official Wireless. | RUGBY, May 8. Widespread interest has been aroused in experiments being conducted in cancer cases at three London hospitals with a serum discovered by Dr Thomp son, lecturer on physiology at King’s College. London, and a research worker at tho Royal College of Surgeons. Scientists and surgeons in close touch with the tests emphasise that these are still in an experimental stage and the patients under treatment fire being carefully observed, and although it is believed that some benefit has resulted it is too early to say what per manent value there is in the treatment, which consists of injecting r prepnra tion made from the parathyroid gland in order to remedy a deficiency in tho component’s blood, which Dr Thompson believes to bo the cause of cancer. Sir Arthur Keith. Hunterian professor at tho Royal College of Surgeons, stated that although the discovery has yielded results that are promising, it must not at present be regarded as more than marking an Interesting stage in the research work, which must be continued. (“Hunterian’’ is the name given to a certain type of chancre, discovered by John Hunter, a British surgeon).