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. B E1113 '~~'` un ner.cson accusen ur aur ar .- - P k e e e -"X `~yof '•an even less exphcab' s Y a ux a.van xe a " " pse in his tailure , 'avit „t 41~a i. l tb cite the _ 4r~Tt~ NEW Y0R'.1 TA~SES r x en nt eorm d b th J f th i ` - e p y ou me s per e e ssue o e ~ •.The current ~ ~r.inall of the •Ameriean Medical Public Health Service itself in ' New. YOrtiCt New YOr11' -ilssn: iss pubdishinga.commumca• uie iaooratoryot me parnato. isr _ tFebl'lit3r3r 2tS ^cl,.. . 19b0 , r j ~S?=tfon that charges Dr. Leroy E. Dr. H. L. Stewart. In these ex. L M Burney, surgeon aeneral oc mC per,ment5aum1n15irElwn Ol clg• 417 c a,hr:. Ho,uii Se+vir : vitharette cmoke..,tn-mice failed:tm rv, n"utaccuracies" and "ptisrepre' produce lung cancer n,-:,: D Y but had emphasized that "only '°+:i U DI 0PUTFD about 14 percentot the'excess ;Sentattons" in hiss report linkutgSecretary' of Health~ and Wet- - ,J1 1LL1 ,ang ~a "e .e. w__ ~._. _. ............~ , ; MOKING LINK . , ; s'~The communtcation criticiztn quo0ed'in~.pressdispatchesofi last _ .ON S rate ot smokera compared to '•tr...;tte.,, hv n. Nov. 28 of approvingdistrtbutton nonsmokers were due to ]tme "'to=the A\4Aarttcle byDr Bur. ..:.canccr, while 86 er cent were ~~ h Berkson of the Mayo P Jo e v s p ~ -ClinicRochester Mtnn:Y to the press ,:..Y:. ,,rs,-y-~ ~ t~kbr~'i • ...•.~ - ' due to causes other than lung It deats.with an article wrttten~ ; Dr. Berksonsaid "Thearttole Mayo Clln(o Scientist Says cancer, ~ by Dr. Burney and published in is presented as a statement of t He Doubts Tobacco Is Dr, Berkson satd that Dr e AMA Journal last Nov. 28. A the Public Health Service ' He --Burney's artfcle, lhgeneral, fi also criti¢ized this andd satdiCancer Cau he Mafn , -, . se . ~'week later, Dn John W• Talbott„ :characterlred b an fm reclslon - doubted if Dr•. Stewart and Dr.. Y p .. l di- • , an e ~.editor of theJouroa ~ep.,V of language and thought that . ;torial said lh'at Dn Burney's con• Harold F. Donn, chief statisdcian forttie National Institutes oEI .o«+OtoneT r,.tnm,. .'renderslnaccuratealmost.ever y ffi • cituions were based on insu 'clent evi'dence." Health, had reviewedthe state CHICAGO,.Feb.27-The con. llnportant point It deals wfth•"~ lu He \. The editorial brought an in-men[. ;~esion of Surgeon General Le-e singld out Dr. Burney's. AatAJournal from~ "I cannot'believe that.Dorn re•~ roy E.Burney. that the weight ~ssertionn that "nonsmoking t th ~ i o e ~qu ry . _' Dr. David D. Rutstein of the Har- viewed or edited, the statemenC-~'of evidence lmplicatessmokiicg womenhave aboutt the same _=,',Yard UniversityMedicall Sehod;, of the surgeon general before its as the "principal" causeof the lung cancer rate asr,o nsmoking '~c who said1 he was shocked at Dr. Publication~ nor can I believethaV 4..lncreased ~ rate of lung cancen men." - ?rTTatbott's editorial. The Journal Stewart did, considerine that his -own haa been cnatlenged,byaITayo 'Thls, aJmostt certainly, lsThnoet -~- . leavtng ,.° ~ thisweekis pnnttn Dr. Berk- asidework otherr was not cited inaccuracies that Clinic scientist. He said more true," Dr. Berkson sald• ' I ' - son's correspondence to answer cannot believe htm~ to have ap- "3erlous Envesttgatton was death rate for men Is greater ~ Dr. Rutstein. .. 1. ..~ 3 :~~•proved . ' . .•-. .:.-~~, 3+^t 4neededthan that off women,. not only ~~'°. )h •"In general, the article (Bur• ~ g nication :Wrttin l l of for cancer of the lu omm Th k J b t 5 Cr ~ u ng son c n e ourna a for ,~,.. ,~ ney"s) is charaetenzedi by an tm• ~id. that' "iftAe Public Health - i,.the Amencan Nfedical Associa-Icancer of almost-every organ . ~32Y"precision of.language and.thought ~r~ti¢e heiieves thatt tnbaceo t`r '- ~t.hat Is cem a ~,t'thatt rendersinaccurates almost , smol.e crontainschemical's carcmo- .,. ation, Dr,. Joseph Berkson of P rable: l1t, the two everypoint it dealswith;' Dr. ,Rochester, Diinn., replied to anl~exes "and tar virtually every ' °enswhich cause lung caneer,oncanc ? artieteby Dr. Burney1n the erousdisease also i etBerkss communication says. on fPii •hen.lh'e ftrst task otssespons• ' t _ ~~;t,,t'[n particular, it cantaiat someble-scienuestse is to isolate these -. ~Journal las~.November•--~~ ", Hlgner bfortaltty. Rat. and In hts artiiie Dr: Burne -/ mi io E [ k errors o o ss n ran substances in oure culture and y "The higher general mortal_ [ " d that. unless theuse ot to ~jw.eommission. which are.misleadm to idenuf their chemical siruc ,. ~a Y /tyoLiha male than the fei al „ e ,~ with re ard tb the basrequesLonS t~e . ;,, , .. ,., , y, bacco canbe made aafe the'is characteristic of the entire INFt at icsue •' Dr Berkson-said that about ai ' Individual . persai s. riskk of lucgi ;~tmal.kingdom. It is usually, Dr. Burney's artt le had quoted~tlion dollars has been appro- cancer can best be reduced b y Dr Berkson's analysis of statiT• _ ,. .retated, by biologists to the -'th i C ancer _ ,. ry .f priated for the Nat onal e elimination,oi smoklag ' of two chromosomes 'I tics on ~ lung cancer and smoking. Instilute,. "with about'~ 2D'~ million •" The Surr.ey arti~le, De: Ber>-• Presencee De Berkson charges that parLTdollars allocated specifically for •son wrote, "Las been widely 1n• in the cell of, the female and -'~e of Dr. Burney'spresentation' •haa research in chemotherapy." .. terpreted in the editorial pressonlyones in the male,, not to i {` easily mislead the reader_" _He.said that as far ass he knew.. "as an authoritative pronounce- smoking. ?.The Mayo doctor also takes ia• . -'men[.of thepublic Health Serv- "If the Public Health Servlee sue with~ the surgram general's no monies had been set aside tor•"carryiotg out the first steps to ,iceand'~asa definitive opinion believes thaG tobacco smoke 1yf : co m m e n t s that "nonsmokine be taken to realize the discovery on the scientific issues involved contains chemicals which cause '~ ~- In lun that eontr cance v th i h "a g o ers r, en t al subjectl I e first task ng : women have about the same lu rlantr causeaLlung of an tmpo pcgto present some reasons of itsresponsibleseientists ts ki cancer death ratee as nonsmo ngl cencer ,--'`_ -': forr doubting each of thesee va1- HA .~,d fhic "alinnef eer- to lsolate these substances and~ 'taintv is not true.•' - •'safd~ "the prospective studies ' ' " ' "'°" ~a+ s c •:,;z~ 'ture." ~ • ~' Burne ~ Ch ll ~ a en e The death rate for men is y g d , .. , . show more excess deaths among . Dr, Berksonclosed b uotin y q g greater than that for women, not~e smokers from other eauses- Dr: Berkson first disputedBritish researcher Sir Ronald , , oN} for cancer of the lung but Dr. Burney's atatement [hat he fshe h d h r w , th,, ip ese o as been critical of than from lung caneer an Or cancer of almost everyor• other causes aree distributed Dr. Berkson, hadd noted. "not he analysis of Enghsh~data on an thatt is comparable in the ~ongall.ctassesoE.diSease."' : onlyan association between smoking and'~ lung cancer and CL "~r twosexes.and for vi~rtuallyevery amokmg and 1ungcancer' but who said:.. . -~~~ - , Thwcnrrent issue of the AMA yt... ... .. ,._... • __ _.__ _ _ . ..f'~ ---- __._ „ •• - •.. ... ..~,~, - rne uesuon seems tooe a _ -~_,;; " ~s - ~ ' -T.,.,..•~I ...~II ha .li<trih.,}arl ffiie - w.•.._ . . . •-,aon saia ne ata not investigation goin to be in?" g g -- - - ` ' : e l mer ~ y notee this essocdation of D BkddH r.erson ade:"isques- k amo mg wRAu other dtseases, tlnn Is timelyeven,now." ~ r__