Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 28, 5 November 1941 — Cancer Center Soon To Serve Latin America [ARTICLE]

Help Learn more about this Article Text

Cancer Center Soon To Serve Latin America

1 BBIttU£LKY, <jaUforuiH l'lnm tnr ilu' <>stabiiBlu«ent ut elther R)o ; <lt» J!Uieiro or Buenos Atres of a center for tho ttvatment \of eancer and other diseases by tbe i new radio-active prodacts of the ; University of Oalifornia's atomsmashing"cyelotron have been ani iiOHiiml i>y I>r, Eriiest O, Lawren<.>e • Nobei prize winner and inventor of , the giaot iuagiiet. j Shlpments of radio-active subj stauces are being made to Linia, Peru, by airplaue. wieli a degree of ; s«w»- ttoat makes it certain a , whok* new aeUl <>f cooperatlou atxd rese»rvh o;m be cstablish j «U Uiroujchout L«tin Amerlcu, ae,<n>r4i»»g to Dr. Lawreiice. | i K«ok of th<? pi««, he ! 4« two i3Urpy!s^s, T«* the mtHlical profession Sotuii Auieirca to carry on eon- , varwratb- ilie s«me research work j that is iiow heinii done in the Uni j 'hml States. j The beiief tUat such scieatiflc ex , *'hmiKO will be one of tUe most va- j t luahle uiethoiis of prouiotu\g lastiu£ i «ooiiwill betweeu the two Aiuerieas. . Food P«rticle« Chaised i I Thc o.vcU>trv«>, at first noted for| t iu «f for tl*e j tran.smutatiou of uiin«ral«: iike j uiHini uuo gold, Uas Ihhui turueU to j ihe most practioal use- tluu of ow-

J;iting r;idlun)-oh)jrri'i! t he)))si-nls »nd ] j foodß vHhi!tble tn tn>!tting dtfiease"s] horetofore oons!dered liK'umhle, | ! T!)p produet uow heing sent to j Liina. i'eru, is urti<U Lul radloaotive ! ptn*si>horuss, osed i)) the treatuient | of the c;tncer-Uke diseass of the! : !)lood knowu as leukeuiia. ' : j The radtoactive pliosphorus is in-1 ijtHied dim'tly iuu» ilio systeni. l(s , |atoius exi>lode, em!lting r a ys siml-' i lar to those of r:i«!inni. whieh ;u t ; i directiy on the bio'>d and caacer- i Jdiße«sed tlsBUs& ] ! Thl« actlvlty <-otninues for H*| ! da.vs. rtt the end of whieh hnlf tlie ' ! atoius liave esi>loded and the i phorus is not active enough to be i Bseful. This period is called its | half4ife. The phosphorus is betng shipped to Litaa vtn Pan Aniertcan Airways In two to tliree days after lt has been produced In the c,velotrou at Berkeley. It thea lias 10 days of active radiation reaiainlrjg. Therapy m tnfancy The new theraj>y, whieli iuay be found to ho more effective ia the treatment of oanoer than tlie other tWo rndlatlon niothods by X-ra.v and radius», ls In its infaucy. A h»Rh j>erceuta«e of Latia Aui«lean physlclans wen? traiaed in hijr medtcal centers of Eunoiw aad the new therapy ihus would be »>l>enet} to the research obiservations «f schools of ruedScSne. Whtle the rad!oactlve produovs of the cjclotron have had their £re<u e?«t snccess in the treatuient of lukeiu!:i, a widcr field of experhaeutatfon is being oarried oa with oiher di;ioases.

i'hemii-ali? aiul foods, uiudc ra-! 01uartiv<> b.v the ean l>e! rrtnf<l, us •> resutt of the eX4)loslous f>i Tht> iU»>ms, in iheiī' otuirc cviurH! 4 ihnnui'' ;1u «..wem aiui tho .uUul ' obscrvtHi, | TUIn is the <a>*' wiih :

| ra<Uosu£hv iv>dln<>. Tl«? coairso <>f j ,h.- (br«>»£h tli«' ,systO!,!, | the Muw ot uu<3 its Huhl ;; ! WlinL' phl«V ?iflw AŪ YUK>!\ 1 ■i'« > «• - ;TI-.1,, t , ih\ii'ni ōiM'!i>t's i A «-h iuom. kuown N\> S,*v •''<•'-«. :••••<•.»<> iu Hs ra»sioa« si\«> • j " ' '*■ ' ' I.OX si> ,•( ! 11 <I,U. h ■ ' .i 1 - usiior f • -<• >■ :,.lit'sW l'U v % .t r„,4^o > ! ••« ' > i. ■!!>>,,, U l«;is ln¥l| i - «>.■„. t\<c nv:?ntu'r m ' ! ' v ' :iVui s i,<,; " • . •< ' «>f <>\.r«nt>u os so ; , if. ;<:ntu;ils , wl ' "■ ■ *• l «h» .!)«' ,><«im\Ai i - - « v "« * \tN? ! . ' i • * l ! <hi*s, .Hui U'<snv ' •" 1 ' >« 'VMU!,! •>.a.i«> , ;h«> uso of j ' v «- '>« . .\h». of ?h,> i>yc'„>. ] *> 1 >- ' U'.n>n. .<i ps'.v«cUU!ii' " %t ' - V,5 V.«',«« " 1 -tm. | * * n līr\t <u# ■ ■■• 'i, i" :