Word: sarcomas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chances are that those of us developing mesothelioma will not be afflicted by it for another 30 or 40 years. Perhaps an increasing cancer or sarcoma mortality rate is one of the "occupational hazards" of being an urban dweller. Our generation will have to take such things in stride. But what about those ahead of us who will be exposed not only to that asbestos produced in their own lifetimes but also to all of the residue produced in our own? Perhaps in a university like ours, endowed with such a wealth of creative talent and scientific resources...
...Viet Cong. The wife, though ill, is forced to work to feed her two children, a ten-year-old boy named Hung and a baby girl, Xuan. Circumstances deteriorate; the village burns, and the family moves in with unsympathetic relatives. After a time, the wife dies of a sarcoma of the leg, and the two children wander through the city, waiting for their father to return. The remainder of the film follows them: shining shoes, peddling newspapers, begging...
Died. Dr. Peyton Rous, 90, U.S. cancer researcher and virologist, who in 1911 first proved the existence of virus-induced cancer in animals; of cancer; in Manhattan. Though dismissed as "utter nonsense" at the time, Rous' discovery of a virus-transmissible cancer (sarcoma) was eventually accepted as a most promising lead in cancer research. It also launched his career at Manhattan's Rockefeller Institute (now University), where he perfected the first technique for preserving whole blood for transfusions and opened the way for modern treatment of liver and digestive diseases. It was not until 1966, more than half...