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How Soon a Cure?
How soon can we expect a cure for cancer? It is a disease of tremendous complexity, yet research gains already made have led some scientists to predict we will see the problem solved within our lifetime. There is reason for this hopeful outlook. Within the short span of 25 years, we have made such progress as this: A drug has been developed in treating a rare type of cancer found in women after pregnancy. It is the first solid tumor ever to respond favorably to chemotherapy. The “Pap’' smear was developed, making it possible to discover uterine cancer cells in an early and curable stage. The mortality rate oi cancer of the uterus, once the most feared of all forms of
92.9%