Word: cancer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Breast Cancer. About one-tenth of all cancers occur in the breast. Although mammary cancer is a preventable, curable disease, only one-fifth of the victims are saved. Reason: if not caught in time, the cancer spreads to shoulders and lungs...
...Cancer of Esophagus and Stomach. In the U. S., most cancer occurs in the digestive tract. Main cause: too much tobacco and alcohol, improper chewing, constant gulping of hot foods, irregular meals, tooth diseases. Early excision of stomach cancers brings excellent results, said Drs. Livingston and Pack, but it is almost impossible to detect such cancers while they are still small...
Main causes of breast cancer are chronic mastitis (inflammation), and stagnation of milk or other secretions. Somehow breast cancer is related to high-speed ovaries, and latest statistics show that it may be more common in women who do not nurse their children. If a little cancerous node is detected early, it can be easily removed and the disease checked. But in advanced cases the breast must be amputated, all the lymph glands leading to the shoulder and arm must be carefully tied off or removed...
Despite delicate new surgical techniques, said Drs. Livingston and Pack, operations for advanced breast cancer are no more successful today than they were 20 years ago. In fact, the death rate has doubled...
...Skin Cancer. Most skin cancer could be prevented. All moles, warts, cysts, burn scars, chronic infections and irritations "should be regarded with suspicion." Exposure to sunshine is a hazard only if it continues day in, day out, year after year, as in the case of farmers and sailors. Best protection against skin cancer: "soap, water and scrubbing...