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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1948 Nov
DOC NMA115
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Washington Post - Cancer Diligence Asked
of Doctors
Cancer Diligence Asked of Doctors The Washington Post 1877-1954 Nov 21
Pg M8
1948
ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post 1877 -
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Cancer Diligence Asked of Doctors
Every doctor's office should bei
a cancer detection clinic about 70;
members of George Washington
University Mdecial Society were
told last night
The
speaker
was
Dr.
Louis
Krause assistant professor of medicine at University of Maryland
School
of
Medicine
who
ad-
dressed
the
society
at
1335
H
st nw :
Workers
in
certain
industries
such
as
chonium
and
asbestos
and among heavy hydrocarbons as in the oil industry are many times
more prone Krause said
to malignancies Dr
Thin or underfed peo-
ple conversely are less prone
studies show but the reason for
this is no more known than is the
exact cause of cancer he declared
Cancer
studies
have
raised
a
question over validity of the belief
held by medical men since Pas-
teur Dr. Krause said that life
must
come
from
-that
any
living organism must have come
from some other living organism
Cancer researchers are now asking Could a microchemical irri-
tant set up a conglomeration of
proteins to form
a
virus - can
viruses
be
generated
spontane-
ously
Stressing that early detection
should
be
the
first rule
in
all
cancer thinking Dr. Grause de-
clared he is convinced the ultimate
treatment for malignacies will be
medical
not
surgical
or
thera-
peutic Sputum and bronchoscopic examinations are early musts in
certain cases he said but nega-
tive findings must not be accepted as final Chest ray plates should
be eyed with as much thought for
1
malignancy as for tuberculosis he
insisted
For early
detection
of
.
breast
milignancy
in
woman
most frequently found he recommended that
every woman patient be examined
periodically with great care for
the best ways of doing this
the slightest symptom and told of
Dr.
Krause
also declared
that
vaginal
and
rectal
examinations
are likewise proving of great portance in early detection
im-
Skin cancer can be avoided he
said by protecting the skin against
excessive exposure to the sun That
form
of
malignancy
has
been
found more frequent among farm-
ers seafarers and others constant-
ly exposed to the sun's rays Tan
he said
is
nature's
method
of
defending
itself
from
excessive
sunshine
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