The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
CANCER FACTS ISSUED
Ry MEDICAL SOCIETY
r-v DETECTION OF SYMP-
ING THE DISEASE.

.,,Iowng information about
WAS prepared by the Cancer
'". ,...ion Of the Medical Associa-
.. Georgia and the Georgia divl-
'' the American Society for the
r If Cancer, and furnished The
( ,.. NV DR.. ]. T. Arnold, OF Parrot;
NC| -,,p1ar conception of a cancer
l. ;s an open sore which shows
Is -.."5 5.rcv to increase in size and
.,Lich does not yield to ordi--
deP''' .,a+hods of treatment and
nary finally followed by severe
"IIr'ss-..rtonal symptoms,
col,S'.t , conception is erroneous; a
9",.. --- or NAV not be a cancer and,
sore :. is if may be one of the sim
T varieties that can be cure3 by
pc. ,ne Of several Femedles. froD-
any IN ner cent to Is per cent OF the
ANY .r- advertised as cured by quacKs
oaa were cancers.
most serious cancers never APP
eternal sores; consequently
Pe" liar idea concerning them must
inc - before the death rate can
be 's.red Unfortunately, early can
be l'I u. rot cause pain. If they DID
cef7 18th rate could be materially
inc vi IN a few years; people Will
10" ..,.dical aid for pain, while a
%..dlv disease that does not cause
,.;r will 90 unheeded. 81.
pan .r,r~ most frequently makes ITS
('-~,rce as a lump-of course all
. are not cancers. Again most
oll't5 are found in people past forty
cam ~; ace. the two decades IRON
lNa.- FIVE 10 ffty-fve claim the largest
UNI af victims. Certain organs
I 15 -5rts of the body are the site OF
@-u any,. at particular periods OF Inc
a. is our object to teach the people
,l.,rb about cancer to make them
.E for suspicious symptoms and
0.~..,r- their physicians if they are IN
Jorb. In this way thousands OF lives
ma, ae saved each year. 1t is not
had ,6aa to follow the example OF Dusl-
na.. men. nearly all corporations en-
,fo,. nm auditor to examine their books
1n5 heck no their stock Would it not
H.. GOOD idea to take stock OF your
trar-- once or twice year,
Skin Cancer-Skin cancer, rodent
nicer and epithaliona are all names
nsad IN describe cancers which are
mast frequently located on the face,
nose eyeIids. back OF the neck, and
sometimes on the eXtremties Ihey
usually begin as small Jumps or ele-
yated crusty patches covered by. a
,caly "scab" which leaves reddish
surface when removed,
The skin is made up of several lay
err, Of cells which resemble the brick
forming the walls of house. Skin
cancers grow from different layers OF
These cells. Those about the head and
face arise from the basement layer, do
not crow fast and do not spread or
"ne,astasize" early or rapidly to the
nearby glands They rarely return
when thoroughly removed and may
be treated successfully by number
of means.
In other parts of the body skin can
GERS are more serious because they
arise from another layer of the cells OF
the skin. They grow rapidly. The
cells reach out into the surrounding
tissue. break off, and are carried to
the naarbv glands where secondary
growths start. just as in plants that
send their roots under ground Tor a
distance and then send up new sprouts
These cancers may arise in the edge
OF scar. from a deep burn. sometimes
from q mole, and frequently without
cause At first, they look like small
nodule- or Jumps; or a mole may be-
gin 10 grow and get hard and scaly;
or the edge of scar may have a
raised shiny appearance and then be-
come q sore"
There is another kind of skin can
Ger which is very fatal. 1t arises from
a fiat black mole and spreads rapidly
to all parts of the body. 1t is the most
difficult cancer to cure; the only real
cure S to have such mole thorough !
Ig removed before it becomes can
Ger.
TO prevent the development OF skin
cancl- have any suspicious spot thor
and + he is not sure it will never give |
future trouble, have it removed. II
you have d cancer already developed |
do not proCrastinate, as no man can |
tell when one of the cells may be torn
oft and taken to some distant and IN
accessible part of the body.
Early Cancer Can Be Cured. Cancer
may be prevented by the proper care
OF known pre-cancer areas. Late can
Ger cannot, at present, be permanently |
curedi