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ad h THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1068 Asbestos Blamed for Increase in Ovary Cancer By GEORGE GETZE And delegates attending an by pointing out it now ranks] is not yet proved. although asbestos particles have1 Special to The Inquirer American Cancer Society semi third in cancer death* among Dr. W. A. D. Anderson- ofi not actually been found in ovar And Los Angeles Times nar heve were told Wednesday women. SAN DIEGO. March 27.--As that asbestos gets into the air Even more remarkable, the University of he' said an increased Miami, who incidence of 1 ian tumors, they have been found in the surrounding Usaues. bestos, a common material in from: added, is the fact that it hasjlung cancer among asbestos modern industry, has been in Cars' brake linings, air con quadrupled in the United States|wnrker was noticed years ago, dieted as a possible culprit in ditioning systems in Which it nd Western Europe since 1900 reported that asbestos fibers the dramatic increase of ovar*i is used for filtering, insulating! "A century ago it was rela have been found in the lungs ian cancer during the last 100 materia, used for heating ducts tively rare. Now it is common of 31 percent of men and 20] years. and wiring, plastic floor tile and and increasing," Dr. Graham percent of the women in Suspected since 1963 of being many other common uses. said, study done in Miami. In other involved in the rise of lung "It is ubiquitous in our en The increase among western cities, be said, the percentages cancer, its implication in can vironment," said Dr. Jnhn B women, when considered with are even higher. cer Of the ovaries, however, Graham of the Roswell Park the fact that ovarian cancer He thinks it may affect can is relatively new. Memorial Institute. State Uni still is rare in Latin America cers other than lung cancers, Doctors associating asbestos versity of New York at Buffalo. and Asia, suggests some cause such as ovarian cancer, be with Soth ovarian and lung can "And it Is virtually indestructi nf it must be peculiar to mod cause it is absorbed Into the cer noted that use ol the ma ble." ern western life, he added. digestive and circulatory sys terial has increased a thousand During a speech, Dr. Graham, He pointed the accusing finger tems as well as by respiratory times since the turn of the cen noted the serious and growing at asbestos, although he said organs, tury. v problem of cancer of the ovary the case against this substance! According to Dr. Graham,