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a~'a a~ a ej, 's 0om~cG] f 1 a ~ ~~a ~~ ~ . < <r ~a~~aa5 ~ C~a a I I ~ I f ~. [- Se.•cral days aftct the close o0 thc h ~ AT`f'.1 conxcnuert„ thc cditi~r of the IM ~~~ association's jnurnnl. Dr. Ilui:, Hitssey,. 111/ U J~ a ll rrt'caltxi th:d thc papcr on thc dog stucf;, luthorcdf hy Dr Nammond, ~~pr~~ D, 1,d~ and hrs cciIc.,cnc in thc cylcrimcnti \ lJC r' Dr- Jsc.r, Auerbaeh, had hccn rejµctcd for publication., llbu•c+cr, it' tvas c+u- 1~Q pJtasiic&that the work xcoar(EiIhc rc- consrdcrcd fur pubSrcatron at an)• trmc . tho aulholS ch,sc toresu; mit it x+'ith, A eice prrsidcnt of the rlmerican Cancer Societv who, is cnc of the rc- scarciiers xx~no eontiuctcu iu c.+niru•er- siat "smokiniz dbo" study h:.s grcati)•y loncd down earlier ctaims of the sludy's findings,, reducing to two from 12 thc number of bca;le dog_s out of a tc!al of 86 cxroscd' to cicarcttc sntol?c which the ACS hao` said de- x•cloped iirn,~ eanccr. The rescarchcr and ACt> official; Dr. E. Cuylcr Jlammond, madd; thc mor.: modcst claint at a press con- fercncc arran!!ed for him by tlta Cancco Soziet)• during the Amcrican Alcdical' Association conxcntion, in Cllic;;go last ntonth;, xvhcrc Dr. 1lam- mrnxtl recountod to a eonvention mca- ing vrhat Itc said v;crc tlie findines of his Iv:o and a, half-)car stul)•. u.,hcf-ri•,linn nf lh•]irl clainls. Dr. Nanunonrl's notaNlk nor cau- tious cf:rim in Ch,c~!co con(rasScd sharply with the t ulial rublicity rc- leascdlon Ihc xcnrk at a~crmvtled press conference callcd hy^ thc- Amorican Ct+nccr St+.-ietx-, Iast l'ebruara• 5 ab thc \1'altiorf-Astoria Hotcl in l,;ca York City,. tit that timc, tlio- ACS announcc.fl that of SG degs forcod,lo ithalc oi a- rcttc smolcc of vai)}ing cor,ccntratinns throudh surgical inci.ions, in their lrachcas„ 12 hud, derclopin, lungr canccr. That numbcr t•ras carricd in all the press reports on thc announcc- mcnt; lhc Ncxv Y'ork T!imcs rcl,ortin_ in 111e h^ad jrarar,;:,ph of its f+st,c 1 stor)': "^Ttoclrc ofl S5 hcaphs:thpt v:crc lraincd to <_ntokc tfovcl,ihcd 1ung can- ccr, hvo scionti.cts rcporlccl yostetJay." Since thc Pcbruary 5 anrcnrnct-mcnt, S}'tho tinrc hc spoLc t•r the Press ihc Amcric;rn C:utccr Si+L cw h;ts rc- - a da~y luior to his,fernrd prescnta- pcatcdl)• rcf-crt tu rnafic paGlic llrc lion to A\rA n;crnhcrs - word hadl dhla it says su;+p,*rl its cthimc. And ts•ro atrcncti^Ic 12 cN,Zcrts at• ,ttotllill jitltrl,tlc IiaxC It'Jc'c`liL. IhC rc- signcd to rexicn•, Iltca bcanl,= study for `carclrcnp_,P.xd+,nr~il•in thccy,cri- pt,blic;:tion in Qic Jcwtn:,l of thc , tncnt. Slup, cism ..c to;'rts taJi<,tty hns Anrcrican AicJic:,i n~xot i•rtion h: d, riWn aacordin Ix, an+C sevcrrl iit• agrccd un:mirnausly, th:rt ;thadi•.?~,raplic 1 dcpcud+nt 010)121 cr:, iucludut'4 Ihc stt6tuiltctf in srtlrpuut ol 1't,• hCS rc -litt'ci x+hich r olpta„cd t1 ci,-:,rc,llc acsrelicr~'canclusions did nnl cornfirm ad°crtrsrn., timc stq-pr,it..l Ilic to- thc doxrle,•,rnnnt of r;rucon in ant of bacct, in,lmtry,'c, rcyuc,t t!,al thc Ltctss r Iha ,3G dors.of 1'r° Auc rb;rc'h 1 L,nn ii r,' •IUU)^ I, . discln.edi, _- In a statcmcnt to tfrc press filmed by 1YJ3[iM.TV of Chicago oIJunc 23 during thc A>f:1' comcnti rn, Dr. ffamotond sar l: •'!n thi; e•zl crimcn:,, thc hraey-smokiuy dogp of n>n-filter- tippcd cigarettes - two oU d cm also dct clopt•d reh• small invadcd (iron- ciiial carcinonta (canccrL Jtrst t+ro of thcm. Thc liltcr-lipTecl smol.crs an& tlre Ilchtcr smol;crs did not. "Thcy alsa cicx•clopodl sonic bron- chiat ;dtcofar tetntors, 12 of «'!iirlt,tccrc invasrnC... to tnescxxc navc mn irt.- p!icd lhc Word 'cancu ' bccausc tlrcre?s a difference of oninrnn as to xxhcth.r, lhis sort of trnnor should or should nol, hc calltd cancer. - "Diffcrtnt patholbgists have dif- fercnt conccptions, of it, and xt•r rc sintjxl ^ publitlrin^ xvhat tt•c found, dc--riiiing it xvithout applying that torm;' Dr. 1 lamntond said. Apparcntl)• none of tIc press in' attcn•rancc rnalizcd tltc sie.ti''icance of- Dr. tizmmond's ncxv, tcrctinoloey orr thoncldi it inyie+rtant lo poinl ou1 that, contr:uy, to thc doctor's statcm:nt Ihat "ac h:n•o not app1icd, thc nonH 'cancrr"' to thc 1?' putati+c tumors, lhc Amcrican Cancer So: icn• liad' in- dccd iclcntified thcm as canccrs in their pnhlleih• cffort for thc sludv. Ui1\:!7Ii1D STATE; TU1)7cC_Cf) 1C9U1.'NA1. icarticd of~ Dr. NantmoWl rcfonmuf;tion of lhc AC~ clninr hcb accl x+lw.n it vioxscd :c filnt of 11:c \\ lil.\1 f'\' nctx;c:nc on rh:: Chtca^o rtc~.cenfPr•ncc. • i Dr. il,+n•mond alsu tiuil in Chr •co t,r:rt "iit aut' opinio;t, yo i c.nu ot p Vcc lri:rt r>tnPCr is c,u5cd, t.t lu :n.rn I ctitr,s by hrudu: u, ctoeor tn nt vty' c;rtic, or tuicc, or am +:1!or t.t•arat, andl this xcu nol our pu lµ'sc in tJtcsu cxllc: iirOnlA.". . .. . .

V r The eti•idcrce oa thc rrlationship of ~ ~_ sntoking to Ituman canccr,° Dr. liant- moud s.aid, -comcs from studi,•s of r ntan. Dol from sttwlics in do^.°' "All this cxpcrimcnt prorc ;"' hc as-' scrlbd, "is oatcthcr or not stno!:iitS causcs hm, canccr in bcn^!cs is as in. cnnclusi%c now as it srr,s before thc ~ Hccausc cryrcira:unts %vith human& c> rimcnt scar c trrir d out." arc nc.t fcasfil~ Dr. Hammond' ssid, ..Dr. \'ictor IIultlcr a past residcnt , p animal models could legitimately be of the Amcrican CoihPr o' Pathol- _ uscd to arrive at indications of the opist5, criticizect' the research rcporb I I rclati.z strspce-tcd hartnfulncss of s•ari- on r.umcrous peints. Dr. 13 th!cr as- ous r,arcitci scrtcd it,tly tli:,t' the studi• rannot be * `•pcnonatlti-, I hl:c to sntol.c thcm; considcrcd scientifi•c proof uf a lin.l- / and- m does Dr_ Aucrbach," the Can, bct*v_cn o+c:+rctto smohing zrd, humnn, ccr Sncict}• affici2l said, stressing ,hat t cancer and said li^_ rrgarded hc tsork, `: his l+rimary' :ntcm0 s.as to a:d in the as reported t:y the ACS, 2s inadc- t/ dcvelcqment of a cicarettc that "does ~ 4ttatc and incoatp/cic in scccral no morc ha-rn than possiblc." respccts.. Such ea.cfuh professtonat ian tnqe _)n a letter to f)r> Tim Lee C•trtcr of ~• rnaried a b~g dcparture from the Can. Kcnluci:y s ricmbcr of the US S. c,-r Cncirt.-s dramatic ...C_.,P•.u.,tarr Fcbruary that the "findings of Drs. said: r Auerbach and Httmmond'. cfCcctivcly "As -. /( refutc cor,tentions by ctgarctte ntanu• ~ you Fnotta s~icnttst usu lly' tn f ct:rrin,- inumts that there Was, no o of liis c.%pcrimcnt 1 work bv v cigarctic-can rn link ...,° itself a Inots'Icd publishing the rccults of his cxpcri- ~ mi5rcproscntation of the tobacco in- mcnt in a r putable scicnt,ft 1 urnaL :. drnlrys{rc+sition. ' he resnlts of Ihc latcst Aucrbach 1 : The dccisiim by the AAld1 Journal cm,crim.nt have not been so pub• = noi to publish thc Aucrbach-Ham- ti,ltcd. My first knotslcd,c of thcse mard zcscardt Dr. Ilussc saidi, tvas c_%, crimcnts came from : front-pa;;c :. made on the basis of re~~i,%s•s of the prc-tnlyd uv*} by ]2 indep¢ndcnt articlc in our local nctrspcficr."' a+~ihorities whose profcssional opinions Dr. lit+hlcr ~rcnt on tn notc throt; d b h 1'+1 A Thcsc in- \fc lical 'brcaktiuou_r,h+,' usually, an• h- , ` t I -t r-um _r of rcacssors asvgnc v t~ /.hSA Jc~rrnal to looi: at the wmrh ts'as Dr. Ftth!cr also critirizcd the rc- QaUch Srrattr than csuit '`bccausc of scarclt for cntplo,ang unsrn:nd nuthods ttf~c t^ tmt r uti'i-it • in- whieh uould alt:,y cail in.o scrious rC~ m0 O ~y c ~ cresotcrtC y c r. .. - chrdcd an ccpert on ~~c.crinary mc,ii- nottnced in ncsrspspcn cca,lUh^s, often eiacpntho:or, an cspertin,pulmonaryt turn out to bo cfisapi niintmcnts when : disea5c and seF•cral patholo~ists. The subjcctcd' to carrful scicnli[io scru. b~ d b tl ^ iiny~. ... F• .. 1, , vaA•cd," Dr. i-'lusscy told the pres.: Qucsticu .ny cor, lu>io!:s a?tcmrxd Potio7wing the launchin.- of the front the r.•su;tiit; data. I.: trrs in fact Amcrican Cancer Sn rct„s, publicity tlic firsr to notc that o•ily ls:u of tlic reported Ivmors appc:n'oeL hi br of the icnmpar_ir for th4 unrttb!ishcd sutdp !asr L=cbntasv, Lincolh Pior>on Itrr,.ccr, a type :+sso: intcd with htunan tvnc cancor and t!iat vcn thi, much tr sun: r4 in ; c ,, c u i,io!ogr prnfessnr at Amhcrst Co!ic.~.c;, V:rotc to t)r_• \c..a Yorl: ~Gintcs to criti- itc stus, t usL of Ih: resci c;+crs' u>c of a cn fu mg lununo! gs and /Gcir eizc lhe stn 1y as harin^, ( ccn bnsed nn c° failufc to prut+ici: cnrro:ac:n.c lllinto- S t" ! ur proce cacn~fi:a!!y unsounc .~ ~ grap,ts. eonctusinns prrs, nled for tliu rh.. > caporirncnt by thc ACS, the biu!nrist L iw+•rotr, °can noi he takcn scrinuslp." J / ~~, '` / Dr. Hammond and the Cancer So- cirh"s atlcmpt to gain firrthc: prthEieity for the unpub!ishc•d study- at the rcccnt AMA convcntiorr has drawn sonr, criti;ism, Gom memNrrs of the assocn, tion, this newspaper has learned. "Had his appQ1arancc bcc•n broul;ht, up bcforchand tt' tt•ould harc raiscd some eontrovcrsy, since somc ntem- bsr frft it~ tvas, improp,:r for us to proVidc a fontm for an rnpuh!isHcd tt'ottc," a higbll•-placed sotrcc uitltin the AMA confidcd. "Clr coursc," ho contim.c,l, "thcse appcarances -arc not always clearcd all the way up and Dr: Hnmmond's didt' hacc the appro\al of our c!ircctor o0 s rntific actlcitios (Dr. 11',;liam Barcl ). "As it t:•Zs, fre said, "there u•ass quitc a stir tchcn tvord ort out that. thc (1N[ ) lou,n Is reviewers had _ .. r,,,t...._,; uuun - on It,c (rltrcrb2ch-Hammond) pttpcr.`^ _ 'IG