Word: lenthal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Known & Unknown. Most cancer men, like London's famed Sir George Lenthal Cheatle, "have a completely open, not to say vacant mind" on the cause of cancer. But two known causes of cancer are now established: 1) organic compounds derived from coal tar, an industrial hazard setting up skin irritations frequently leading to cancer, 2) abnormal metabolism of body chemicals which produce sex hormones (TIME, Sept. 30). Both carcinogens have chemical characteristics in common. Memorial's laboratories have been working on these and a host of research projects on the influences of diet, heredity, radioactive elements on cancer...
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