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[Description of Cancer Research for Which Support Will Be Needed]

Date: 23 Nov 1965
Length: 2 pages
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25 Sep 1995
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Jacob, E.J., Cabell Medinger Forsyth And Decker
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Feinstein, A.R., Yale Univ School, O.F. Medicine
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.: Yale University N.. SCHOOL 0f MEDICINE i)f C.d. 111081 D.}~•wr./lart..at M.lla1.. ~ . irovosber 27, 1f6S ~ C C Idvis J. Jacob . Cab.l1 Kadicjer Torayt! i ZbaAorr 51 Weat ll.t Street ltock.feller Ceoter ltev York, !1. Y. 10019 Daa= Ldt CDhfIDENTIAL I*am vTitiaj thii UtTit to describe (briefly, ae you requested) the reeearch for which I•hall probably need support for the period froa Jaotiaty 1 to June 70, 1966. The amcvnt seeded 1a f 3593, vhith includaa 13001 for a research u aiatant vitb a!S2'N diar.., who i• actively working os the data of cancer of the larynx; $ 2187 tos a aecretarial aaaiatantl and $ 200 for atecellanaoua aupplie.. The research coaaiats of inten.ive studies of the natural course and poit-therapeutic outcome of three different cancerat lunj, ;ectum, and larynx. Ve have worked out trpaSal nev techniques for proceeeii.j a great deal of the conplex clinical and personil data that have hitherto beee omitted from •oat existing studies of tancar---mainly be u uea the data vera r.jarded as too coaplex to be sanaged and analysed. Using principles of "clinical taxonoay", ayebolic logic, and set th.ory, we have vork,.d out tha techniques for idectifyinj, claeaifyiog, and analyzing •any "variables" that have hitherto beee itnor.d. The results of our current a,aalyae• have brought coniidarable clarifiutiero to a nus.ber of iaeuea that Aave tiitberto beeo reaarded as controversial or ir,+oeaible to analyta----becauae t.o one tiaa r.ally bithet4o worked out a way to aaalya• - thas effectively. Yitb the sw t.cdmiquea, we have oriaaited the data in a fors vher• they can aav be atered i s a co.rputer, analyted even sore intenaively, and aide available for praetic.al tiae io future appraieale of etioloty, proanoaia, and therapy. 2o addition, we da.. obtaii,ed a treat deal of s.v data on the relation- ehip of cigarette a.okinj to VM coatae and biologic behavior, rather than the cause, of these three cancm . ii titarette emok.tn= ia as harmful as has beeo alleged, it should not only "eau.se" theao dieeaisa but should also euke their w aifeatatiore and outcam+ worse In peopl.a who verd amokera. Yet, In the inforsal analyses we have domo so far, so such clioical effecte have been aoted. The aanifeetatione tad course of the diseases do oot appear to be poeitivaly correlated with tAe anount, it any, of tita:etta e.okinj In the affected patiente. Our 0 - enuoerated analysis of thaae dua haa hitherto beea inforsal, Aa+ever, and I aov t.. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT OSZ7 I jur.v 0" .,...elm ~23 CTR HIN' 028,327'
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CON; IpENilpt tdvin J. Jacob 0 2 • • Xara0ar 23, 1965 vart to computarits the raault• for a aore pracias appraisal. Vs eov have sueA intanai•a data for aD out 1200 paci.sts with thass tAras c.aacsra, and the usa of a coarpuc.r is dssiraals for tha analysas. ?hs oais nesd is this type of vork te traisad hut+3a paraornal to assist in the painstafoisd, ard wus task of raviavias tacerda, confirtiins facts, aad codina data. From tu.nde tsada availabls te mr by the West Yavan VA Itospital, I sball have support for two paopl• v%o have currantly bsss vorkin: oa this projact. The work really reQuiras at laaa't tvo mors people, hovevar, and the fuads I ae looking for will be to support tboea other two paoplss t curr.ctly have placed grant applicationa vitA two diffarent adanciss that vill announcs tl+sir dacisions ie mid•DecasDsr. ihould both agencias reject tha applieationa---a etronj poseibility in this ara vhen 140 oas seesoe to vant to support inieal r.tearch---I shal3 nead the Aalp I havs• citad until I can composs additional a.v grant applicatioaa to othsr agencies • for support afcar Jun# ?0, 1966, If you v aat :aprints, further d.tcriptions, or any other iafomation ab ovt this a+attar, Plaaas lat sa knov. I.ahall bs mott jrat,ful for any help you and your collsatvas ua Orovids. Siocettly yours, &0+a hlvas 1, lsinstsin, M. D. M sociat• profsesor of Madicias . br CTR t iN 02632-B

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