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of cancer in the year ending January 1, 1965. This refers to the resident population only Deaths locally of non-residents are not included. The figures show that, despite all the warnings given in recent years about cigarette smoking and the role it plays in causing lung cancer, the per capita use of cigarettes has been increasing — and so has lung cancer. None of the total cancer mortality locally is due to lung cancer, according to the government report. Elsewhere in the United States it is 17.0 percent and, in Virginia, 17.8 percent. Cautious optimism is being voiced by research scientists based on recent developments in the war on cancer. Great strides are reported in cancer immunology, which seeks to build up the body’s natural defenses against disease. Significant advances have also been made in tracking down viruses that appear to be cancer-inducing. According to Dr. Murray Copeland, former president of the American Cancer Society, “more has been learned about cancer in the last 15 years than had been learned in all previous history.*
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