MORE RADIUM
FOR CANCER ’’RESEARCH
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LONDON. Nov. 14
The National Radium Commission announced that a largely-increased supply of radium is about to become available to the medical profession in the campaign against cancer, but a carefully drawn-up statement warns the public against any extravagant claims and urges the public to more readily consult a doctor, instead of concealing or disregarding earlier symptoms.
The ICommission affirm that the treatment of cancer, if it .is. to be successful. whether it make# for surgical excision, cautery, racliunC'oY"'X-ravs, it must be undertaken early- or before dissemination lias occurred;; and they reiterate that an essential part of the campaign against cancer consists of the education and intelligent co-operation of the nublic, so that an early diagnosis and prompt treatment can be secured.
Tlie Commission says'/’that there is no proof whatever thaffcancer is.infectious or oontagioqs.- is -no evidence that it is hereditary, except one rare form, of ea’neex—oTtthe eye. •'
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1929, Page 6
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157MORE RADIUM Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1929, Page 6
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