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~ 1 r~ ~< T! h 111 , 2~. \ ance: 1 S f y : . ~ , ~.. t b . , L nansw erea ~ ~~k~.. 14- ~l sr cells multiply very rapidly, untiller. In this connection he noted they strike a vital organ. that industry is making funds ; ~available for research - par- s,.. But the "why" of cancer- ~ ticularly the tobacco industry. the factor that makes the cells go wild In the first place, has yet to be explained. Unfor- ( SHORTLY AFTER tobacco be- tnnal'ely, It may take many came implicated as ~ a possible more years of research before i',cause of lung cancer, the indus- this basic characteristic of the try began underwriting research, disease Is understood. I'invoiving heart and circulatory 1 SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL ':Charleston,_West Virginia ~yebrua,ry 28, 1960 By David M.-, Cleary tors, eacavin indicated that h h $ No disease is under more in-~ It plays some role in cancer tensive scrutiny than cancer. Yet, causation a n d development. ; the things known about cancer' A'r'oug them were heredity, tn- fection, hormones, n e r v o U s J ^~ H A .'.'1 t ~ ~ ., 1 w J ~.!} r7ti~?}~.. z~ MIRROR NEWS rr L:', Los Angeles, California . , _ e . '`;.,-, ..March 2, 1960 are still outnumbered by the un-. strain and environment ~ :' k, nowns. A complete understanding of ~. et a' L"laeft is''know~r that Zarice: 5trikes,'the - many different kinds of can r ' cer is dependent' upon further re- "en lit in r i.. =, .. g cells change their ; . x~a ~~ ~ of life, and "go wild." Insearch in alI these fields, and per , their new unnatural state theihaps in others, said the research• - In Fort Wayne, Ind. last week.lllls as well as cancer, by creation a veteran cancer researcher of the Tobacco Industry Research warned doctors to be as skepticalI lCommittee f of theories advanced as the eausel ~ The committee's research pro- of cancer as they have Iearned g~am is unique in that respon- ""``to beeoine -towai•d tlie"-many un-i'sibiiity for research policy and founded theories for its cure. ldecelopment is enkitely in the Dr. Clarence Cook Little, who;'hands of a scientific advisory was for 16 years managing di-~'board consisting of 10 ductors and rector of the oraanization tvhichiscientists. This board; whichh came into being six years ago, later became the American Can-imakes ranis t inde endent T g o p cer Society; said im esti;ations of ~ scientists on the basis of the merit cancer must still be pursued inlof' their research proposals," he many directions: said, =.':Certain broad categories of Until m\ estigators have the factors seem to have earned tl:ei whole answer, Dr. Little warned `•rielit to our continued attentioni againsfi jumping to any conclu- nd nd investi;ation if we are to sion, or accepting any one ex- hone for the new knowl; d;e nec-l p,anation, of the cancer prolilem, essnrv to understand and controll whether it be smoking, air pollu- `the man}l forms of the disease~,tion heredity, or tte stress of i0icir we call eancer," he said• I,modcrn life. "In the lbne run, such an atti~ THE RESEARCH scientist. who, tude will boomerang and willi end has held the presidencies of the in disillusionment and disappoint- universities of Maine and 3tichi-, ment to the proponent, the prac- gan during his distinguished ca- titioner, and the patienW" he told reer. said cancer seeirs to oc- the doctors in his audience. cur under various "conditions of' Those doing cancer research infPrnaliunbalance:" Ihave a difficult job at best„point- There are many , auses of "un-, ed out, Dr. Little. balance," and' not~ enouth is' "They are not encoura;ed by knotvn about any of, these, he said. criticism and misinterpretation," Dr.. Little listed several fac- he concluded. t w L i S Y eu roses ~~ , : s r _ Symptoms Discussed Bl' I.EOftGr: GETZE ~ Science Editor ~ ; "People expres(h-.it io tti~ ~J V .` c . hi , , ~ ` ~ h 9 .'i Ji lt s go urglWradiat treatrrnt7 ~ Lnng Cancer Kills Men Dr. Brian Blades, profes- sor of surgery at George Washingt= University, d[s- cussed! lung cancer-the "si- lent disease" that claims 30,- 000 American lives a year: More than 90% of' the lung cancer deaths are men, Dr. Blades said. " There's more to lung can-cer than smoking or breath- ing pollute& air," Dr. Blades said. He said women smoke and breathe the same. air--as 'men, yet cancer of the lung,,ia rare among women. . t:. r1i >a : ~ y '.`Ia , ~~Y iFt'~r f'->_.c .y; . ,