Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-11

rus. This means that between
nineteen and twenty thousand
women die in the United States
annually from this cause. Every
woman who has borne one or
more children and who has reach
cd the age of forty years should
have a careful physical examina-
ton at least twice a year, for it
is possible to detect early cancer
Of these organs. The principal
symptoms presented are slight
water discharge between the pc
RODS, many times tinged with
blood, excessive menstruation,
eXcoriation about the external or
gans, with lassitude, and slight
loss of flesh. Perhaps 95 per
cent of all cancers of the uterine
cervix are due to liberation and
laceration. Cancer of the womb
can be prevented by education,
for if women will follow the sug-
gestions l have already made and
consult their family physicians
thousands of lives can be saved.
We have spoken of cancers as
occurring in those of mature life
and old age, but there is a form
that attacks even young children
and babies; in fact, it may be
present in baby at birth. This
form of cancer is known as "sar-
coma"
1t arises in certain organs of
the body moro often than in 9TH
ers. Sometimes it is found in
the muscles or in the bones and
joints. The lymph glands may
be primarily involved. There are
many varieties of sarcoma: some
are much more malignant than
others; some grow very rapidly
and yield to no treatment; 9th
ers grow slowly and do not re-
cur when removed.
Sacoma spraeds from the pri-
mary tumor to distant parts of
the body by means of the blood
stream. The cells grow into the
vessels which pass thru the tu-
NOR, are broken off, and carried
to the lungs, the liver, brain, and,
in fact, any part of the body.
AS soon as tumor is discover
ed, consult your doctor. Let
him take the responsibility!
While it is possible to cure,
with reasonable certainty, early
cancers it is just as impossible
to cure a late one. The more diff
ficult it is to cure a disease, the
more remedies are suggested. At
the present time we are using ev-
cry means that offers even hope
full results in the treatment of
cancer. Radium will almost sure
ly cure small cancers about the
face, eyelids and (often) those of
the lips, though lip cancers are
apt to recur or metastasiZe to
the glands of the neck, where they
cannot be controlled by the use
of radium. At present, radium
! is the best remedy for cancer of
the uterus. Surgery, which was
long heralded as the best treat
lnent, should not now be advised
for cancers in this location.
Surgery alone offers hope for
cancer of the breast, stomach,
and intestines. However, x
ray and radium are often bene-
fetal in the treatment of can
Ger in any part of tn ebody. The
best advice that we can give is
to consult your family doctor il
you have any suspicious symp-
toms. If he is not sure, have q
consultation. 1t may save youi
life!
Although the most brilliant
minds in the world are engaged
in research and millions of dollar:
are being spent annually, the
cause of cancer has not yet beer
definitely discovered. A grear
deal has been found out about i
and we know how TO cure it wheI
an early diagnosis is made. M
one can cure late cancer-th'
only hope is to have competen
professional care early.
There are many kinds of cell
] mar. body and cancer