ON VERGE OF SOMETHING NEW
Received Friday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, .Jan. 29, The John Braund caneor treatment which the New South Wales
Government has oftered to test officially. eomes at a time when many/ doctors helieye they are on the verge of something nevv. Their new hope is shown by the number of undereover cancer experiments now proeeed-ing. All involve the use of drngs instead oi' surgery and X-rays. Among t]ie new dnigs are a derivative of folic acid, the vitamin which cures various hinds of anaemia, a foi'm of sngar which is a polysaccharide made. from a spbstance known as Coley's flui'd, and a spleen extract drug. Surgery removals of cancers similar fo Me. Braund *s, have been tried in the United Statcs for .years in the form of reduciug the size of cancers. However, the reduction trealment is still under experiment.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1948, Page 5
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