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1 M•Ir ?t P '.SyAv a'; TFM DALLAS MOrZ'tTdNG' DIENS fi'jDallas,' Texas `. Deceraber 6 A, 1959 ancer Link Challeri ...~. _~ r't~By Tobac ico Committee tr b man oth 4 Evidence 'tesented heie Frida !sinee been acee ed y P ~~ ~ "er tholoists dointhe aame that smoking wuses pretaneemus Pa E 8 changes m lung tissue - as well ~~e o6work and irequently study. . tng many more fungs Y' u lung cancer - was immediate "Recent contradtetiona to the ly challenged by the Tobacco In Auerbach findings make clear M• 1 r: that cigaret smoking !s today dustry. Research Committee. - r. ~ree points First eell l changes vsa s r.... f.te. attm..i; '` rs a major factor !n the eausa• . }'.' Dr. Robert C. Hockett ob New found in human lungs occur in DALLAS, Dec 4-A team Hon ot ]ung cancer 1n men," amokers and wn of inedlcal researchers re; he sa1d. THIS 1s !n complete York, who haa had a seientitic young or, oldl,c e~tltibit for the tobacco cornmit+ smokers. They arc not limited to ported teday 1t had found new wlou lyeobtained etromex ee evldence linl ing cigaret smok~ s tee at the American Med caI l As- smokers " aive epidemiological studlea" .. .,. In ',-sociation meeting here, issued kisli "Second, lungs{of heavy smok-g to the prevalenee of lung Epidemiology is the study of cancer. .'statement on the heels of the rs may, show no signs of such epidemic diseases, r•t* ~ F Clgarets are not only a new report given to AMA by Dr. hanges, so smoking does not Dr Auerbaeh and s assocc f' ma/or cause of the cancer It - etes studied nearl 2o,OQ0 ~ Jan Auerbach of East Orange,Ipecsradrily,~eend toat~eo'ee changes. self, but afso,a factor leading separate tissue samples. Near- ~ many P g to lung conditions favorableClfh 63h ~ attv tow es rees oe sn - Dr. Hockett said "These same fer from Dr. Auerbach as to what' for the development of cancer, A by the autopsy to have dted observations, first publicized bylis meant by a precancerous con the report said. of lung cancer said that all ~ _ Dr. Auerbach' in 1956, have not dition." ~ -1-The researchers, headed by were smokers. Dr. Oscar Auerbach„ chief of .a . 7 : . . . =' ~....vv. ; are tn mathemattcai propor 'tfon to~the~.numb'er of cigarets~~ moking link ~oked„Dr. Auerbach said -rhese anatomical observa '~ tlons seem to us to Indicate ° laboratory service at the vet- indusfry Dissenii; erans HospitaLlnEast O - range,. _,-,~ N. J., and associate professorCifes Cfher S'fAJdies - of pathology #t New York `,:Medt¢al College, based their The Tobacco Industry Re- report on tlssue samples taken eearch Committee, a group •'Srom~402menwhodiedatthe representingcigaret'manufac '~• ~!t . hospitaL turers fssued a statement In a„t New York d sputing the Auer ~ µ 63 Had Cancer. bach findings. a iJ ! % Ot that number, 63 died of These same observations lung cancer and th remainder tirst publicized by Dr . Auer. obether eauser. b ~ ,ach In 1956 have not since Dr. Auerbach's report was 'been accepted by many other said to be the first medical pathologists dcing the same evidpnce in which tissue type of work and frequenL'y -samples.were studied to show studying manymorey lungs," t link between lung cancer end said'Dr. Robert C. Hockett;,as• ..~' cigaret smoking. soeiate scientific director of ?' The report was delivered at the committee. t:oday's session; . of the Amer- Citing several scientific lcan 1Siedical Assn.'s 13th an• studies to bear out hiss as, nualclinical meeting. sertions, Dr. Hockett said that A five-year study showed "cell changes found in human that the prevalence ot lung lungs occur in young and'old~ cancer, and of the conditions smokers andnon-smokers:." favorable for Its development; "Lungs of heavy smokers Were linked "almost' eom. may show no signs of such _ ~ plete;y"' to the number of changes; tie added; "so amok- eigarets smokedj according to ing does not necessarily lead to the report, . _ , . _, . . these changes:"' J