The Washington times., 1924-06-12
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CANCER
seen
Director Of New York Clinic
Urges Similar Agencies
Throughout Country
BY HELEN FOX
international News service.

international News Service.
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE hope
and salvation of the person at
flicted with cancer lies in the educa-
ton Of the public ana the establish.
ment Of large State and, municipal
institutions for the care and treat
ment of the disease
This statement was made today
Ahy Doctor Isaac Levin, discussing
.tRe work Of the. New York city
Cancer Institute, a free Clinic. OF
which he is general director.
ynPCancer Institutes by their mere
ssexistence will serve to educate the
sspeople and instill into them a con
v4idence in the scientific methods of
treatment. DIR. Levin said. "The
aim of the institute is to take care
-,0f the poor of the. city, and no
ceharge whatever Is made for treat
,'Ynent,
v4a"WaIking. patients are examined,
classified and gTveIf treatment
(which does not require the patient
ITO stay in the hospital. Those that
erequire hospital care are sent to
ethe hospital division Of the Cancer
AInstitute, on Welfare Island, where
s11s500 beds have been provided for
cancer patients.
1.-THE institute is so. organized I
that tbs able. to take care of two
hundred, and more, cancer. patients
at, the same time. It's facilities in.
sclude complete equipment for dag.
SMosiS, the, most modern high-vol-
,.tage' X-ray machines and radium
vemanation laboratories. Several hun
sdred physicians and surgeons con-
nected with the hospitals of the
department Of pupIic welfare, all
e. tai A@r at - ANva
knowledge and experience"
Wrong Views Of Cancer.
.ssDr. Levin said that the greatest
problem confronting him and others
of his colleagues working on. the
cure. Of cancer was the erroneous
conception of the disease on the
part of the general public.
Cancer is mot. necessarily fatal
disease People imagine that It. is,
because they never bring it to the
attention Of physician until it il
= o well developed cases. There Is
little doubt that cancer in the
early stages is durable. Indeed.
results obtained in the treatment
of early cancer In the last quarter
tof a century. are astounding. Sta
1tistics show that so per cent Of
cancers of the uterus, 20 per cent
yof cancers of the breast and 80 per
cent Of cancers of the lip are cured
In the early stages of the disease.
ait is remarkable that, notwith.
standing all this progress obtained
-by modern methods in the treat
st1tnent OF cancer, the general. publit
still insists in considering cancer
GNA=
for this may be found, ins the fact
that a person who. RECEIVERS from
cancer usually .conceals the fact,
while death from cancer is usually
we'll advertised" ~" 49,
49, 49,
go Treatment. Explained.
rseTalking Of the actual methods OF
cancer treatment, DIR. Levin gave
a brief summary of surgery, ra-
,sdiun and xGrAy as they are used
on cancer patients.
~. Surgery. radium and X-fay," he
flaid, have all been developed to
their highest point of efficiency
within the last quarter OF a cen
atury. Surgery is the oldest and
spossibly the most important. single
method Of treatment. But all three
methods have their, special impor-
saoubtedly obtained. in the majority
OF. cases by judicious coordination
Of all three methods, at the same
time. However, each cancer patient
spresents a separate complex prob
clam and is usually in need of gem
seral medical and surgical care, be-
heldes the specific cancer treatment
S-~Dr. Levin also had q word of con-.
demnation for the quackery that ISL
spracticed in the cure of cancer no
saess than in the cure Of other human |
Aailments.
NJ knife Fear. Aids QuacIss.
Fear OF the knife and the pre-.
SVa1iing opinion that cancer is hope.
less are the two main reasons why
Quackery in cancer has held SWAY
Tor so many years. In spite Of ex.
cellent results in the treatment eof
early cancer, scientific medicine
must in all honesty admit that it
does not possess a specific remedy
bAgainst cancer in its advanced
4ither certain or claims to be Ger.
tain. that his remedy. is a. sure, cure
e10r every cancer case. The putient |
= takes a chance with the person who |
bpfomises him most, thus missing the |
opportunity to obtain the correct |
treatment IN, the early stages Of the
sl All this is characteristic Of hu.
man nature and operates as wen
with the bucket shop as with the
cancer cure. The dupes in both
cases are the ignorant and the poor:
the remedy In both cases Ii educa.
ton. A secret remedy cures. o1ly
the pocket Of the quack. The genius
= VINO VIII discover a real, specific
remedy against cancer will give it |
areeIy 70 the world. 90 that eVe,v |
physician can use II ana every, Ia !.