Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-30
CANCER WEEK

Inc week beginning Sunddy May
9 has been designated as Cancer
Week" in Ohio during which time
meetings will be held here and else
where throughout the state on this
subject.
Cancer ranks among the leading
cause of death. Last year 10000 IN
this country died from cancer. With
these thoughts in mind the United
States Public Health Service and
the American Society for Cancer
Control have requested that cam
paign of general information be in
augurateds With the cooperation
of the state department of health
the Ohio State Medicai ASSOCIATION
has undertaken this work.
Starting next Sunday speakers in
non-technical discussions will pre-
scnt the subject of cancer in churches
throughout Ohio and during the six
days following meetings of civic
and welfare groups, women's clubs,
other organizations and public
gatherings will be devoted to the
subject. Thousands of pamphlets on
"Facts Which Every Adult Should
Know" issued by the Public Health
Service will be distributed. Some
of the letters will be illustrated with
| lantern slides.
No wars, no plague except tuber-
culosis, have sacrificed so many
lives. The fact that cancer, like
tuberculosis. may be cured when dis
covered and treated early enough
but unfortunately its early signs
are usually so painless and seem sc
trivial that neglect of the danger
is only too easy, moreover and most
important point of all even in delay
of a few weeks too often changes
the whole prospect.
Two things are required if the un
necessary sacrifice of life to this an
cient enemy of the human race i:
to be prevented. First, people must
know the danger signals and recog
nize their significance in time
secondly. there must be widespread
understanding of the hopeful mes
. sage of modern medical science
that many cases of cancer in tn
early stages are durable.
+ Approximately one out of ever!
I eight women and nine fronas eEGr,
eleven men over the age of 40 year
died from cancer in Ohio last year
This is the reason that "Cance
Week" beginning Sunday May 9
will be devoted to a general dis
semination of information on thi
dread disease.
Tuberculosis is no longer dreade
as equivalent to a death sentence
This is because the public has com
; to understand the disease and hoy
it is cured. The same effort is noy
: being made to have all intelligen
people understand the elementar
facts about cancer. Once the peopl
| know these facts the general drea
| of cancer should change to a NOR
l sensible and rational feeling of hop'
S "Vigilance is the price of safet.
and to "keep we'll" one must lear
the guide posts of trouble. Tt
: facts about cancer which sensib
people should know are few and ca
readily be told declares the Unite
States Public Health Service. whiC
suggests the campaign in Ohio.
1t is not only the immature chi
dren or the old descrepit persol
who become the prey of cancer.
is the vigorous and healthy mt
1 over 40 who disappears just at tt
time when he is in full possession
his maturity of Judgment and e
perience. It is the woman over
y who leaves the task of bringing l
: her family half done. They are t
z healthy bread-winnefs Of the eeunt
who leaves their days work unfinis
ed So, from social as well
from a humanitarian point of vie
ly something OUGHT to be done to st
i or at least diminish the appallil
~ loss of life.