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Don’t Turn Your Back On
Cancer... It May Strike You
By William J. Pendorgraot, M. D.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one
in a series of articles written by
physician board members of the
American Cancer Society’s Geor
gia Division to alert our readers
to the best ways to guard them
selves and their loved ones
against needless suffering and
untimely death from cancer.)
It is “fool’s folly’’ to think of
cancer as “the other man’s prob
lem.” At the present rate cancer
will strike one person in every
four, and will strike in two of
every three homes—and no one
is immune to cancer.
Georgia men, women and chil
dren are developing new cancers
at the average rate of 24 each
day—one new cancer patient
every hour. Unless the present
rate at which cancer is striking
is curbed, one-million people now
living in Georgia will at some
time during their ilfe have can
cer.
When danger approaches, the
foolish ostrich sticks his head in
the sand and rests assured he is
safe from harm. This ostrich is
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ino more foolish, and no more
safe, than the person who turns
his back on the dangers of can
cer and says, “It couldn’t happen
to me.”
Your best safeguard against
cancer is to first accept the fact
that it could happen to you, and
then to learn what to do if and
when it ever does strike you.
Cancer is a very democratic
disease, in a very cruel way. It
has absolutely no respect for age,
sex, race, financial status, creed
or color. It strikes the wealthy
and the poor, the old and the
young, the powerful and the
weak; it can strike anyone at any
age.
For example, here are a couple
of facts you might not know: (1)
cancer claims the lives of more
children between the ages of one
and 15 than any other disease.
(2) cancer each year takes the
lives of more men than women.
Looking back through history,
we find that cancer halted the
lives of some of our most famous
figures in the worlds of govern
ment, science, sports and the arts
frequently at the height of
their careers.
Some recent cancer victims
especially eminent in their fields
were:
Film great Gary Cooper and
Broadway lyricist Oscar Hamer
stein 111. Dr. Tom Dooley and
basebass great Ty Cobb. John
Foster Dulles, U. S. secretary of
state, Aneurin Bevan, British La
bor Party leader.
Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize
novelist, and Francis A. Jamieson,
Pulitzer Prize Journalist. Actress
Kay Kendall and photographer
Lisa Larson. Film producer Mau
rice (Buddy) Alder and Richard
Skelton, son of comedian Red
Skelton.
Some other cancer victims
were: sports greats Babe Ruth
and Babe Didrikson Zaharias;
scientists Marie Curie and her
daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie;
writers Damon Runyon and Mark
Hellinger; actors George M.
Cohen and Humphrey Bogart;
actresses Gertrude Lawrence and
Jane Cowl; Generals Claire L.
Chennault, Hoyt S. Vandenberg
and Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Still
well, Senators Robert A. Taft and
Brien McMahon. And we could
go on and on.
It seems that hardly a week
passes that you cannot read in
the newspaper of another world
figure being hit by cancer. And
these are very few compared to
the tens of thousands who you
do not read about in the papers.
Accept the fact that cancer
might strike you, or someone you
love. Then accept the fact that
cancer does not always mean
death. Today, with no further
discoveries from research, one
half of those who are struck
by cancer can be cured.
The chance for cure is based
largely on how early the new
cancer patient gets to his doctor
to receive proper treatment. The
earlier a cancer is properly treat
ed, the better the chances of
curing it.
A person’s best overall protec
tion against needless cancer death
is to go to his doctor for a com
plete health checkup at least once
a year, no matter how well he
may feel. Many times the doctor
can spot signs of early, curable
cancer before any outward symp
toms appear.
Day to day, your best protec
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tion against cancer is to be alert
for the seven danger signals
which may mean cancer and to
have it checked by your doctor,
if one should appear. Your signal
may not mean cancer; usually it
will not, but your doctor is the
person to tell for sure. The Seven
Danger Signals are:
1. Unusual bleeding or dis
charge.
2. A lump or thickening in the
breast or elsewhere.
3. A sore that does not heal.
4. Change in bowel or bladder
habits.
5. Hoarseness or cough.
6. Indigestion or difficulty in
swallowing.
7. Change in a wart or mole.
Remember, early treatment is
the key to cancer being cured.
For additional information on
how to guard against cancer, con
tact your local unit of the Amer
ican Cancer Society, or write to
American Cancer Society, Geor
gia Division, 2025 Peachtree
Road, N. W., Atlanta 9, Ga.
Children Write
To Santa Claus
Dear Santa: Please bring me a
big doll. I would like to have some
fussy bedroom shoes. If you can,
please bring me a telephone. 1
would like to have a pull toy.
Please bring me a Blaze, the won
der horse. Your friend,
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To Each and Every
Citizen of the 22nd
Senatorial District:
I want to thank you for having let me serve as
your Senator from the 22nd Senatorial District during
the past two years.
Wishing for each of you a good Christmas and
trusting that the coming years will deal kindly with
you and yours, I am, with many memories and much
appreciation.
Yours Sincerely,
Robert Ogden Persons
Children Write
To Santa Claus
Dear Santa Claus: I am 2 years
old and have been a good boy. I
want you to bring me a tool
chest, canteen, gun, tent and a
wheelbarrow. Thank you. Love,
WALLY CAWTHON
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
boy five years old. I would like
for you to bring me a soldier out
fit, shooting shell rifle, pajamas
and anything else you would like
to leave. You will find the fruit
and candy on the coffee table, so
help yourself.
TERRY DUKE
Dear Santa Claus: I am 4 years
old and have been a good boy.
Please bring me a tool chest, can
teen, tent and a big tricycle.
Thank you and don’t forget my
little brother, Wally. Love,
MARK CAWTHON
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THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1962
Dear Santa Claus: Bring me a
box with 54 games in it, a doll,
ear muffs, bedroom shoes, PJ bag
and a pink poodle. Don’t forget
the other little girls and boys.
Thank you,
CHERRY MAY THOMPSON