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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1950 Aug 31 DOC#: ML157 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo from Dr. Kenneth Smith RE Letter from Dr. Lanza RE Studies of Pulmonary Malignancy 1 -i <s : fi V coK riD EyTiii C, M, MeGaw H osp ital August 31, 1950 Mallananev I aa enclosing copies o f s l e t t e r and c o n tra c t receiv ed fre e Or. U n s a . I t w ill be noted t h a t Or. lan sa has agreed w ith Dr. C a rtie r and I t h a t the program should c o n s is t o f two p a r ts i 1 * an epidem iological o r s t a t i s t i c a l study 3 Aaistal experiments consisting o fi (a) Inhalation axperlaenta (b) lap lan tatio a or injection I s t i l l b eliev e t h a t th a s t a t i s t i c a l study can be c a rrie d out by a Canadian ( a u th o rity and thus be so re acceptable to various groups in th is Province. Also, I b eliev e t h a t th e beat r e s u l t s fro* in h a la tio n studlea w ill be o b tain ed through the Saranac Laboratory. Concerning the In p la n ta tio n D cperlnent Progra proposed by Dr. l e a s e , I b eliev e th a t th e ir nethoda a re sound and the r e s u lts w ill be s c le n tlfe a lly in te re s tin g . I would p re fe r to nahe no d e e ljle n u n t i l t^S Saranac.nronoM l i s re ceiv ed . The e o n tra ct appears to le a v e l i t t l e holes to the Donor i f the r e s u lts of the study are unfavorable t e Company i n t e r e s t s and ere subm itted fo r p u b licatio n . However, 1 f a l l t e see how they een fin d anything n cra unfavorable than th at which already has been published by Marwether and Heuper. SUS/h.e CC - S,, V. L in d ell G. Ko F e s te r Mofjtreel Esaneth g s ith , H.D. // \ MET-0000683 TRIAL EXHIBIT