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-, l)l.0.luce caltcer|l, :- lol.in of cancer,-- rrrr l)et. of ler.\. etni-- : ,:. irrive died. Thert:. : ', i. ir, corrclitions l.hich. i lil czlllcer I': >kiu sura11, irrnoccnti - tlr(,)ies Or. u.:lr.ts, when- . ',r - 11- irritatecl, nla-yr .- iilucetoLlS. I3ad teeth,::: r,: plates ancl poor- :'.i-,,r'li associatecl with- :rL. llltlY CtlLlSe CanCef Of:ii trnd tong.ue.. -. :,..=ir-e nse of tobacco anclr i clrr.r pipe not infre--. :.- caltse caltcer of thc:.-r -i1,. J\rith women smok--' r:iii{-'et' of the lip will projt-' -r,,:LeaSe in its prer.alencv.l thenr.,,lnclr, elrr.orrie irrflamma-I'L - - ol llre lrr.r,ast ol. tlr.\.-' : tirat favors a retention--,.- secr'etions of the breast,- ii: early \\reaning of babies'r,re \re&riilg of tight fitting-=:s. fa\.ors the formation'.ir..er. Due to the absencc-..,..h conditiorrs among theI :,.lteSe ancl tvomen of untze,lcountr.ies, cancer of- irreast is neyer fountl- r,:' them. Cancer of the-- r'ach is founcl in people who'- i ':itt antl clo not rnasticate- -. r food. tlntr,eated ulcers.le stornach freclrlerrtl_v cle--'.,,il'zrte irrto ca l 0 e r o Ll s. - -_--t- \ tus.Tir,: chrorric irritation of-.,- -tollr:S nlay cause cancer of, -r'rtlll.iladder:, and in u-omen,-,,l-birth injuries, if not im-* iiatelr. repailed, urav eyen-- rr-ir- lead to canceu of thosel.rans. An earlr- removal of- ihese simple conclitions ancl-:'.,lication of the irritating.-...rses, woulcl c'liminish Ereatl\.-, , ltler.alency ancl mortalitvirancel.Il orrler to reduce the mor--,-rtr- of cancer, instr.uctionr,'.rst lle given to the pnblicCANCERcoucerlirrg' thc tlarrg,cr siglaisof cancer" Statcci briefl.v,tliesc clanger sig'rrals ar.e asfollows:Anr- lurnp in an_r- par.t of tlrcrbodl' and especiallv irr tlrr.].rreast.Arrl. irrergular bleeding or.r,lisclrarge.Dr. A. P. VastolaAnv sore tirat cloes not heal.and especiallv anv sore on ilretongue, in the rnouth or on ilrc,lips, lasting o\rer trvo weeks.These are par.ticularll. apt tobe cancerous.Per-qistent indigestiorr withloss of weight. I n'ould like toemphasize the fretluency,- rvithn'hich cancer of the stornachlrcgins u,ith per,sistent incligestionancl loss of rveight in indivitlualsor.c'r 40 ve:rrs of age.Tht: possibilitr- of an earlr- cancershoukl l:ie kept in mincl, andit shonid hc confirmet.l or exclutledbr a ttriiloug.h ph1-sicale.xarnination :rrrd x-ra)-s. llhetreniendous r':rlLre of this eclucationzrlcarnpaign has beenrecogriized in Eur,ope. In allthe courntries of Enrope cristsa l.ell olg':rnizerl pr.oltirgantlir63for thr coutlol of cancer. Tirispro J.r:t,9;anclzr -qtresses the earlvs.r-nrptonts nncl ltroper scientiiictreatmeut of the disease.\ Ttulr'. sirrcc lgll, tlre carr.f er,t'lllrr1.l11 litv lrns lrecI tlt,-crcasing' in all sections of thcteountrr. This is in contrast tothc othc:r' cciuntries of Europe.-\ great dr.al of indir.idual researchrvork on the causation ofc:ulct-l' has lreerr done in Italr-,ancl the exltcriments seem topro\-e tha.t caricer is not causecllrv a pzrrasite. To combat cancct',the ltt-rliarr league \\-asformed in l!122. fts actiorr isbeing rri-qor.ousl.r- suppor.tecl b-vtlre ftalian gor-er.nment. ThcJeague is cler.eloping a continuousploJ.)agancla not onh. arnongthe laitr. lrnt also among phr--sicians thlough lectures ancllc.aflets. -l ctrncer institute Laslrt'err recentlr. ltuilt in Milan.[n regard to the treatmerrtof cancer', nothing is rnoreauthoritatir,e than rvhat iscontainecl in a resolutioupa sserl at the internationnlmeeting on cancer control, helrlin Arrrelici,r in 1926. The r.esclutionpassed at the meetingstatecl that the rnost reliablefonns of treatmerit, ancl infact tlte onlv ones thus fzr r,i rrstilir', 1 lrl cxlror.ierre,,arrrl olr-'sely:rtioli, tlepenrl npon sur.ge1")'rrarliuni arrrl x-rar-s anrifrorn m.1' 20 r'ear.s of clinicaierncl surgical observations, Ifeel thzrt all other methods ar.enot onlv futilc, but clangeronsto the iife of the patient.fn conclusion, I li.ould liketo entphasize these facts:I. J[arrr' 1]po= ol calreel. ill.pprer.c.ntaltle ancl many ofthe eall.r. ones arLr culaltle.i. C]ancer is cur:al,rle in almost100% of cases when it isloealizecl, either b1' surgerr-,,x-ra._r- or lacliurn.3. Cancel is not hereditarv orcommunicalrle.