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Crusade Opens Tuesday'
Abont 100,000 cancer patients this malignant process- is, not will. die of cancer than from any
will die in 1968 who might have controlled or checked, the pa- other disease. Today there are
been saved by earlier diagnosis
and prompt treatment. This un-
necessary loss of lives could be
reduced by supporting the Amer-
ican Cancer Society.
With emphasis centered on
cancer's seven warning signals,
the American Cancer Society is
preparing to launch its 1963 ed-
ucational and fund-raisin; Cru-
sade Monday.
The Mayors of Bryan and Col-
lege Station issued a proclama-
tion designating the month of
April as Cancer Control Month
and Tuesday as Cancer Control
Day in the Bryan-College fitation
,area.
Mayors D. A. (Andy) Ander-
sort and J. D. (Jack) Conlee 1
urge all citizens to observe and
participate, through increased
support of the American Cancer
Society, and by learning the
facts about cancer that are vital
tient will die. Cancer strikes at
any age. It affect children as
well as adults, but it strikes with
increasing frequency with ad-
vancing age.
More than 50 million Ameri-
cans now living will eventually
have cancer; one-in-four persons
according to present rates. Can-
cer will strike over the years in
a p p r o x i mately two of three
American families. This year
about 915,000 Americans will be
under medical care for cancer.
There will be about 600,000
cancer cases diagnosed for the
first time this year. Of every six
deaths from all causes in the
United States, one is from can-
cer. Currently there are about
22,000 cancer deaths annually of
patients aged 14 to 44. Cancer is
the l e a d i n g cause of death
among women aged 30 to 54.
More than half of all cancer
personal protection from this' deaths in 1967 were among per-
sease. sons over 65. This year cancer
Cancer is a disease that is will take the lives of approxi-
c h a r a c t e rized by abnormal mately 4,500 children under the
growth and spread of cells. If age of 15. More school children
more than 300,000 American .
children under 18 who have lost
their fathers to cancer. More
t h a n 250,000 have lost their
mothers.
This year's goal of the Ameri-
can Cancer Society, a voluntary
organization of more than 2,000,-
000 Americans united to conquer
cancer, is to help save lives by
teaching the importance of early
cancer detection and of preven-
tion where appDcable.
T h i s program endeavors to
r e a c h Americans where they ,
live, where they work, where
they meet -.to persuade them
to consult their physicians at the
early recognition of a warning
signal, and to have the annual
health checkup which can lead to
earlier diagnosis and treat-
ment, and t h e r efore to more
cures.
The Crusade's educational
p r o g r a in will emphasize in-
creasing efforts to inform the
public t h a t cigarette smoking
causes lung cancer and other
serious illnesses w it h special
(See CANCER, Page 4)