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the 14,000 expected to die of the disease In 1966 will die unnecessarily. An annual .checkup, which Includes the "Pap” smear test could virtually eliminate uterine cancer as a major health problem and, in some cases, correct conditions that might lead to uterine cancer. Over-all the cancer picture for 1966, according to. the Society's *1966 Cancer Facts and Figures,* is this: If present trends continue, there will be about 570,00<r'tiew cases diagnosed for the first time; 870,000 will be under medical care for cancer and about 300,000 will die of the disease. There will be about 190,000 saved in 1966. The Society estimates that 95,000 cancer patients will die needlessly in 1966 unless present trends can be reversed and patients can get to their physicians in time for early diagnosis and treatment. The “Facts and Figures* booklet reported that the Society’s income from all sources in the 1965 fiscal year (August 31,1964 to August 31, 1965), was more_than$45,200,000, the highest ever. The Society through its annual Crusade raised more than $36,800,000. Another $8,400,000 from bequests and legacies.
As for its research program appropriations in the fiscal year, 1964-65, for research grants, institutional grants, fellowships and research professorships, etc., amounted to $14,993,368. Again a new high. In addition to this research effort, the Society has invested more than $9,000,000 since 1948 for the training of more than 2,000 young physicians and dentists In their responsibility in cancer control. The program now exceeds more than $1,000,000 a year. The Society provides post-graduate training at more than a million dollars a year for physicians and dentists at approved teaching centers in the hope that these specialists bring the special knowledge and ability gained to the areas in which they -practice, sharing their experience with other physicians through tumor clinics and medical societies, and making it of benefit to cancer patients in local communities.
Adding it up “1966 Cancer Facts and Figures” says more men will die of cancer in 1966 than women. This has been true since 4949. The ratio in 1966 will be about 55 men to 45 women.
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