PITFALLS AND PROGRESS IN CANCER CONTROL
Authors: C P RHOADS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 December 1954PITFALLS AND PROGRESS IN CANCER CONTROLC. P. RHOADS, M.D., F.A.C.P.C. P. RHOADS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-6-1115 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCancer research has become a major enterprise as a result of public determination to carry over to the problems of peace the progress made by the determined and extensive scientific effort of the recent war. Federal and State funds have been appropriated and private philanthropic organizations created to achieve, by the scientific method, cancer control in man. Sufficient time has now elapsed to permit an evaluation of some of the pitfalls encountered and of the progress made.The first problem was how to organize the effort. 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