Cancer Club

For the information of all who suffer from cancer or fear that they may suffer, the American Society for the Control of Cancer celebrated its 25th anniversary last week by announcing:

P: There now are 240 cancer diagnostic clinics throughout the country in which patients may be reasonably assured of complete examination, accurate diagnosis and "the best treatment that can be offered." If a local doctor or hospital does not know the address of the nearest clinic, "write to the American Society for the Control of Cancer, Rockefeller Center, New York City."

P: The following States have free diagnostic services for all residents: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Georgia; also District of Columbia. Others which care only for their indigents: South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri.

P: There are 23 different places in the body where various kinds of cancers occur. Examination for cancer should include search of the skin, mouth, throat, lungs, stomach & bowels, rectum, prostate, uterus and breasts.

P: Enthusiastic in his praise of the Society's work was most famed U. S. cancer authority Dr. James Ewing. But, he pointed out, 65% of cancers occur in internal organs and bones where "a low rate of cure must be accepted."

P: The American College of Surgeons, central registry for such facts, has records of 29,195 people who have recovered from cancer. Last week six of them organized a Cured Cancer Club, elected as president an aggressive oldster, Dr. Anna Mary Chipman Palmer, 81, of Milton, Mass., who had a breast tumor excised 18 years ago. Their slogan: "We will drive away the fear that keeps so many people from going to a physician in time to be saved."

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