10 JANUARY 1914, Page 3

Some remarkable and encouraging statements were pub- lished in the

Times of Thursday as to the treatment of cancer by radium at the Middlesex Hospital. All the cases treated were beyond, the possibility of operation. From June to Sep- tember, 1912, twenty-four " inoperable " cases were admitted, and there were twenty-four deaths. From Tune to September, 1913, sixty-eight "inoperable " cases were admitted. Thirty-six patients died, but thirty-two improved so much that they were discharged from the hospital—an unprecedented event. Most of these patients are now doing their daily work. Dr. Lazarus- Barlow is careful to say that his experience is not yet sufficient to enable him to speak of a permanent cure, but the imme- diate effect of radium on cancer is beyond doubt.