The war that has been declared on cancer reminds us
of a stage that is familiar in the wars between nations. The half-hearted, the scattered, the ineffective conduct of a war gives place to a realization that something very serious must be done, and then there is a regular concentration of forces and the whole energy of men who have become thoroughly alarmed is put into the job. Much has already been done towards curing cancer in the early stages, as our contributor " Crusader " points out in an article which we publish this week, but the labours of the surgeon, the radiologist, the student of diet and the bio-chemist all need to be correlated. There is every reason not only to hope but to believe that the enemy will be vanquished when with the best weapons of science in our hands we advance to the great attack.
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