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Dr. Cameron also haa written a book, "The Truth About Cancer," which It 

 expected'to be published in March. The book contains a section on smoking and 

 lung cancer and will be proaoted natloTially by the ACS. 



2. The Jeb. 10 issue of U.S. NEWS 4 WORLD PEPORT featured an Intervlev 

 with Dr. C. P. Rhoadfi, director of the Sloan -Kettering Institute, on "Is A Can- 

 cer Cure Near?" One section dealt vith Dr. Rhoads ' conclusions on cigarette 

 smoking as a cause of lung cancer. 



3. The lead article In the Feb. 8 issue of the WALL STREET JOURNAL was 

 on cancer chemotherapy. The February issue of McCALL'S magazine has a human 

 Interest article based on Sloan -Kettering. The science editor of Scripps-Ha.'ard 

 Newspaper Alliance carried a column on cancer Feb. 7. 



It, Columnist Ed S-ollivan is national campaign chairman for the ACS drive. 

 In his syndicated column of Feb. 5* SullivELn said that cancer research doctors 

 "are planning a statement th^t will Jolt the country in March." 



This may be a report by Dr. VyTider and his associates alleging that they 

 have isolated a carcinogen In tohacco. On Dec. 27, 1955» speaking from the 

 floor at a 'X'jng Can :er -Tobacco Controversy" session at the American Statistical 

 Association meeting, Dr. Wyr.der said that he will announce soon the Isolation 

 of a substance In cigarette smoke, "not benzpyrene but a member of the benz- 

 pyrene family," which has, in every instance, produced t'jmors in animals. 



5. The March issue of READER'S DIGEST has a condensation of an anti- 

 smoking editorial that appeared In the December I ?5 issue of S0UTHWE5TERM 

 MEDICmE, Journal of three southwestern medical societies. 



6. The June issue of GErOATRICS will be devoted entirely to the subject 

 of cancer and will have an editorial written by Dr. Cameron. 



Highlights of Recent Activities 



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1. The biennial report of the Sloan-Kettering Institute, Issued Dec. 7, 

 purported to disclose "new" evidence linking smoking to larynx cancer. The re- 

 port also dismissed air pollution as a possible causative factor in lung cancer. 

 A TIRC statement was released to help put the report in fact'jal perspective. 

 General press treatment of the report did not stress the smoking and health sec- 

 tions. 



2. Two papers on benzpyrene in cigarette paper and tobacco were given by 

 the Rand Development Corporation before the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science meeting at Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 27. Hill and Knowlton, Inc., 

 arranged for coverage of the meeting at which the Rand company's claims were 

 challenged by Dr. Louis Fieser, a Harvard University professor who is an author- 

 ity on benzpyrene and related cccpounds. The Rand papers were widely publicized 

 and Dr. Fieser 's cosaents also appeared in many of the newspaper stories. 



3. Dr. Hermond and Dr. Eerkson appeared on the same platform Dec. 27 at 



a session on the 'Xung Cancer -Tobacco Controversy" at the meeting of the American 

 Statistical Association in New York. The American Cancer Society made available 

 a release on Dr. Hammond's paper but none was Issued on Dr. Berkson 's talk either 

 by his own organization or the stctistical group. There was little press mention 

 of this session. 



