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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER S, 1973
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Breast Clinic
Battles Cancer
If there weren’t some new
hope, I would be reluctant to
cite the figures on breast can
cer they are so grim.
At the present rate, one in
every 14 women will develop
this disease; it is the leading
cause of death in women from
40 to 45; and the mortality
rate (almost 50 per cent)
hasn’t changed at all in 35
years. Though the survival
rate (defined as being symp
ton-free five years after sur
gery) is 85-90 per cent when
the cancer is localized, the
problem has been detecting
this form of cancer in its early
stages.
Until recently, breast can
cer detection almost always
depended on the woman her
self discovering a lump, by
which time the cancer was of
ten considerably advanced.
Monthly self-examinations,
which cancer authorities have
been recommending as a
woman’s first line of defense,
is practiced by only 18 per
cent of women, according to a
Gallup Poll commissioned by
the American Cancer Society.
Most women either remain ig
norant of the proper tech
niques or are too fearful of ac
tually finding something
wrong to examine their
breasts.
However, a new program to
set up free breast diagnostic
centers throughout the coun
try promises to save tens of
thousands of lives.
The idea was originally con
ceived by Dr. Philip Strax, a
New York radiologist who,
since, 1963, has been re
searching improved tech
niques for the diagnosis of
breast cancer. In conjunction
with the National Cancer In
stitute, Dr. Strax conducted a
study which indicated that
when apparently healthy
women were routinely exam
ined for breast cancer, those
women who were found to
have the disease had a mark
edly higher survival rate than
those who came to medical at
tention only after a lump was
discernible.
On the basis of this study,
Dr. Strax, with funding from
Charles and Stella Guttman
(of the J & B Scotch fortune)
founded the Guttman Breast
Diagnostic Institute in New
York City, which provides
free breast examinations
using the most sophisticated
medical techniques available.
The examination procedure
is threefold. After a trained
interviewer takes the wom-
Deer Creek
Plans Tea
Traditional elegance will
set the mood for the Annual
Christmas Tea of the Deer
Creek Garden Club on
Monday at 3 p.m.
The festive event will take
place at the home of the
President, Mrs. John W.
Collins, on I>anier Drive. Mrs.
Collins, as hostess, will be
assisted by Mrs. C.M.
Clendennir.g and Mrs. John
Branch.
The Christmas Tea is an
eagerly awaited event and
marks the high point of the
social calendar of the Deer
Creek Garden Club. Mrs.
Collins has expressed the
hope that all members will
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Sams, Route 5, Cumming
announce the birth of a
daughter, Kimberly Anne,
born November 29 at Forsyth
County Hospital.
Mrs. Sams is the former
Kathy Ixioper, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Looper,
Route 2, Cumming.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr.and Mrs. Hurshel Sams,
Route 2, Cumming.
The baby joins a sister,
Donna age 10.
That strange plant
turned out
to be ‘grass'
An English gardener who
had been cultivating an un
usual plant he found growing
in his backyard, pampering it
until it became 10 feet tall, be
came worried when he saw a
TV program about drug
plants.
He got in touch with South
end police and a drug squad
officer identified the mystery
plant as marijuana and took it
away.
an’s medical and family his
tory, a physician palpates
(examines by hand) the
breasts for suspicious
masses. The second step is
mammography, a low-radi
ation x-ray designed especial
ly for examination of the soft
tissues of the breast.
Because cancer cells throw
off more heat than normal
cells, a technique called ther
mography has been developed
to measure the amount of in
fra-red emanation from the
breasts. This is the last step in
the examination and often
picks up cancers that other
tests miss.
I recently went through the
screening at the Guttman In
stitute and found the entire
process dignified, painless,
reassuring and quick.
The importance of using all
three examination methods
was emphasized by Dr. Strax
who told me that more than
one-fourth of the cancers
found at the Guttman Insti
tute are not palpable by either
a physician or patient. Dr.
Strax recommends that, un
less otherwise indicated,
women undergo this full ex
amination as a matter of rou
tine once yearly.
To appreciate the remark
able nature of this clinic, it
must be pointed out that even
major hospitals often don’t
have both mammography and
thermography and those that
do generally charge a fee that
is prohibitive to the average
woman.
Dr. Strax’s work is being
advanced by the American
Cancer Society, which, to
gether with the National Can
cer Institute, is funding iden
tical breast diagnostic clinics
in 20 cities throughout the
country. For the address of
the center nearest you, write
the American Cancer Society,
219 East 42nd St., New York,
N.Y. 10017.
There is promise of federal
funding for a network of such
clinics, if within five years,
these 20 demonstration proj
ects show a lowered mortality
rate among the screened
women.
But there is no reason to
wait five years. Ideally, every
city in the country should
have such a clinic and they
should have one now. Accord
ing to Dr. Strax, the initial
cost of such a clinic is about
SIOO,OOO and the operating
costs are modest if it is
done on a non-profit basis. It
is difficult to imagine how any
city boasting a lavish multi
million-dollar sports stadium
or civic plaza can lack the
funds for this lifesaving facil
ity.
But as Dr. Strax put it, “The
pressure will have to come
from the women themselves.”
Let The Hallmark
Santa Help
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Cumming, Georgia
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Miss Ferguson
To Wed Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. William D.
Ferguson, of Cumming,
Georgia, announce the
engagement of their
daughter, Linda Faith, to
William James Parsons, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
R. Parsons, Jr., of Great
Barrington, Massachusetts.
Miss Ferguson, a graduate
of Georgia State University,
is employed by Prudential
Old First Churches
Won’t Survive Seventies
Many “old first churches”
in central city business
districts will “not survive the
decade of the seventies,”
according to the studies of a
Protestant team that sur
veyed 150 churches in 150
cities.
Dr. Exra E. Jones and Dr.
Robert L. Wilson, who headed
the study also fear that
numerous “second churches”
just outside downtown areas
can project “no sure futures.”
The “old first churches,” a
few of which have not actually
“died,” will not survive, the
team said, because contrary
to some beliefs financial
resources alone cannot keep a
congregation going.
“The loyal supporting
membership base that can
provide leadership for the
church’s program is essen
tial,” according to the Jones-
MISS FERGUSON
Insurance Company of
America, with the Medicare
Program of Georgia, in
Atlanta.
Parsons, a graduate of
Georgia Institute of
Technology, is employed as a
safety engineer by AEtna Life
and Casualty Insurance
Company. A Dec. 15 wedding
at Saint Bede’s Episcopal
Church, Atlanta, is planned,
planned.
Wilson data, which was
presented to a seminar at
Duke University, Durham,
N. C., and will be utilized in
other similar events under the
agency of the Joint Strategy
and Action Committee
(JASC), a Protestant
coalition based in Nashville,
Tenn.
Dr. Jdhes is a staff member
of the United Methodist Board
of Global Ministries. Dr.
Wilson is affiliated with Duke
Ormond Center for Research,
Planning and Development.
The United Methodist agency
in the Duke Center sponsored
the three-year study.
As the downtown area
declines as a place of im
portance for retail or
residential living, the team
concluded that the churches
will find it more difficult to
Stationery : Practical,
yet personal, there’s stationery
for either the man or woman on
your Christmas list.
Condomiums Attract Young
The continuing growth and
popularity of condominiums
is changing the life-style in
many American cities, and
pulling a more youthful flow
of home buyers back into the
cities.
The younger population
marrieds and singles are
seeking condominium units in
increasing numbers. The
relatively easy and unde
manding life-style offered in
such developments is becom
ing an “in thing” with the
young set.
Recent studies reveal the
overall average age of condo
minium buyers to be about 52,
it was reported by R. Stanley
Dybvig, president of the Na
tional Institute of Real Estate
Brokers. That reflects a sig
nificant youthward trend.
He predicted the condomin
ium boom will continue for a
long period. “Because of
movement to retirement com
munities, increasing interest
by young buyers, and other
factors, the condominium
market is just beginning to
churn,” he said.
The attraction of condomin
iums to young home buyers is
injecting new youthful zest in
to central areas of cities. It is
changing oft-sounded dire
predictions of urban blight in
to one of urban “light.” It’s
creating a new concept in city
living where increasing op
portunities for work and lei
sure are within, rather than
outside, the city.
The trend toward a more
youthful city population will
continue for several years,
many experts agree. “The
postwar baby crop is now part
of our housing scene, and
many of these young adults
recruit members. However,
many of the churches embark
on new ministries “in an
attempt to serve persons now
living near or in downtown
areas. A few have erected
income-producing property
on their land.” This is seen as
a holding action, and Dr.
Jones and Dr. Wilson do not
believe that such churches
can survive the next decade.
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WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
GIFT WRAPPING, AND CANDYS.
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are now choosing the city to
plant their first roots,” said
Robert W. Gaber, president of
Conco Mortgage Co., who re
cently researched such hous
ing trends.
“The median age in cities
will be under 30 years by
1975,” predicted Gaber,
whose firm is a San Francis
co-based national mortgage
banking organization.
“In viewing this trend, I
foresee exciting opportunities
for business. New forms of
high-density housing, recre
ational and entertainment fa
cilities, shopping arcades and
services for city dwellers
all these are now fertile areas
for innovative exploration by
builders, developers, finan
ciers and planners.”
All indicators point to a
more interesting and stimu
lating mode of life in cities
across our country, as young
home owners assume more
active and responsible roles of
community leadership.
Q. What has happened to all
the once-noisy “no-growth”
proponents?
A. They're still around, but
in some communities they are
not as “noisy” as they were a
year or two ago.
In the wake of increasing
needs for housing and worsen
ing unemployment problems
in some areas, it isn’t so popu
lar today to proclaim a no
growth philosophy.
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