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Cancer Is On The Countdown
BY JACK POWELL, M. D.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one
in a series of articles by physi
cian board members of the Amer
ican Cancer Society’s Georgia
Division to inform our readers of
the best ways to guard their lives
and the lives of those they love
against needless suffering and
untimely death from cancer.)
In this day of atomic energy,
missiles, satellites and talk of
“going to the moon,’’ it is a little
hard to believe that all our scien
tific advancements will not be
able to stop cancer from taking
the lives of 276,000 Americans
this year.
The mysterious disease cancer
poses one of modern science’s
greatest challenges. And, al
though it is still such a great
threat to human life, science has
made great strides toward the
conquest of cancer.
In the language of our space
oriented age, one might say that
the “countdown” is on against
cancer. Following are the ad
vancements made in increasing
the cure-rate for cancer since the
turn of the century.
In 1900, cancer almost always
meant certain death.
By 1930, one in 10 with cancer
was being cured.
By 1940, one in 7 with cancer
was being cured.
By 1960, one in 4 with cancer
was being cured.
By 1960, one in 3 with cancer
was being cured.
And now, one in 2 with cancer
could be cured if the disease is
treated properly in the early
stage.
This is great progress, and it
offers hope for even greater pro
gress in the future for further
increases in the curerate for can
cer. Thousands of scientists are
probing into the mysteries of can
cer; millions of dollars are being
poured in the fight. Many pieces
of the great cancer puzzle are
being fitted into place; progress
is being made.
Probably the greatest cancer
challenge facing us today is get
ting people to take full advantage
of what science has learned about
detecting and treating the dis
ease. Although it is possible to
cure one-half of all cancer pa
tients with present medical know
ledge and methods of treatment,
actually one of every three can
cer patients is being cured. Last
year, 85,000 Americans died from
cancer needlessly. They died be
cause they did not get proper
treatment in time, while the can
cers were in the early, curable
stage.
With cancers predicted to
strike one person in four, it be
hooves all of us to heed the ed
ucational messages of the Amer
ican Cancer Society which are
aimed at getting the potential
cancer victim to act in time.
The cure chances for some of
the most common types of cancer
are very good when the disease
is treated early. For instance,
breast cancer, which is the lead
ing cause of cancer deaths in
women, can be cured 82 per cent
of the time if treated early, and
uterine cancer, the second lead
ing cause of cancer deaths in
women, can be cured 82 per cent
of the time. Cancer of the colon
and rectum, which claimed the
lives of some 39,000 Americans
last year, can be cured 68 per
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can be cured 93 per cent of the
time.
No one knows where or when
cancer will strike, so everyone
should be on guard against it.
A person’s best protection
against needless cancer death is
to go to his doctor for a complete
health checkup at least once a
year. This checkup should include
lung x-rays and a complete colon
and rectal examination. For all
women it should include instruc
tion in the breast self-examina
tion technique for detecting early
signs of breast cancer and a
“Pap” smear test for uterine can
cer. Day-to-day, everyone should
be alert for the well-publicized
Seven Danger Signals of cancer,
and if one should appear and last
as long as two weeks, see your
doctor at once.
The American Cancer Society
has free literature, posters and
films on the best ways to guard
against cancer. For more infor
mation about these, contact your
local unit of the Society, or write
to American Cancer Society,
Georgia Division, 2026 Peachtree
Road, N. E., Atlanta 9, Georgia.
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Sales at 75.1%
Butts County citizens through
November had purchased $97,652
in E and H Bonds toward the
county’s goal of $130,000 or 75.-
1%, according to figures released
this week by J. W. O’Neal Sr.,
County Bond Chairman.
November sales here in E
Bonds totaled $8,017 and in H
Bonds $7,600.
Statewide Georgians through
November had purchased a total
of $42,961,463 against a 1962 E
and H goal of $50,700,000 for a
percentage of 84.7.
Other counties in this area
stand as follows according to the
latest release: Henry, $171,923
towards a quota of $205,000; Jas
per, $51,943 on a quota of SIOO,-
000; Lamar, $166,877 on a quota
of $187,000; Monroe, $42,233
on quota of $50,000; Newton,
$110,976 on a quota of $135,000;
Spalding, $132,009 on quota of
$150,000; Clayton, $780,212 on
quota of $804,000; Coweta,
$156,436 on quota of $185,000;
Upson, $485,551 on quota of
$520, 000.
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love,
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