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r-'u REPUBU8 FINAL C22 0 The Arizona Republic Monday, April 14, 1980 CARMICHAEL Disease-fighting cells are spurred into action, making conventional treatment more effective M'T It ROWITie?" HER TMOtfF NiJMbeR DIETS DON'T WORK! Arjp MIME EOJAW THE Modified chemical believed new cancer weapon Look around you. How many fal paopla do you know have aver taken weight off and kept It off for year? Probably very few, perhaps even none. the long term aucceaa rate of Medical spotlight dieting It aomewhere bet ween 2 and 5. The faet er It cornea off, the fatter According to other research reports, action of the polymer is not against the cancer cells themselves, but on cells in the body called macrophages or scavenger cells. They are large, white blood cells that attack disease-causing agents that enter the body and destroy them.

treatment of leukemic mice showed that it increased the beneficial effect of the treatment but killed the mice. It was judged to be too poisonous for human use, Breslow said. Similar tests of the new compound as an additive to surgery, chemotherapy and radiation in the treatment of cancer are to begin scon, he added. Tests with the polymer at the National Cancer Institute in Be- la goea back on. Only behavioral change programa are getting better long term sue cat ratee.

That'a because they help you change the prob i I i By Julian DeVries Republic Medical Editor Modification of a 25-year-old com-; pound has created a new weapon in the war against cancer. Known only by its laboratory designation of DIVMEA, the sub-1 stance was designed by Dr. George Butler of the University of Florida in Gainesville. It was shelved because 'tests showed the substance was too Eoisonous to be of value in treating umans. However, recent experiments by Dr.

David S. Breslow of the Hercules Research Center in Wilmington, Del, showed the toxic effect of the substance was due to the weight of its molecules. DIVMEA belongs to a class of chemicals called polymers, which are compounds of high molecular weight I au uus 1 Weinr lem, your eating and activity behavior. Habite for Ufa can help you do that a palnle eaty way. tt'a the only program available to you Polyethylene, a plastic widely used in industry and manufacturing, is a polymer.

It is used in making containers and electrical insulation among other items in daily use; "We found that we could make polymers with low molecular weights that were much less toxic but which at the same time retained most of their biolgical activity," Breslow said. To differentiate the new compound from DIVMEA, it has been given the laboratory label of MVE-2, he added. Early tests with DIVMEA in conjunction with conventional cancer which teechea you how to act Hke thin per ton and therefore become thin. In ad The reports say tjie polymer spurs the macrophages into increased activity. Thus, by killing large numbers of cancer cells, polymer-induced macrophage action permits conventional treatment to be more effective.

"To be effective, cancer treatment must kill all of the malignant cells. None must be left behind. We feel that MVE-2 can help to achieve that goal," Breslow said. thesda, showed it had little effect on cancers when used alone but marked effect when used as part of conventional cancer treatment, Breslow said. The new compound also shows promise of being able to protect healthy tissue against cancer.

Research is planned in that direction, he said. dition, It's the only weight loaa program retearched at a major Medical School. (Stanford, Heart Die. Prav. Prog.) Diane Kalat knowa that the only way to permanent thin-neea i thru behavioral change.

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HEW Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris said there was no clear analysis showing whether the cost of medical care would be reduced because of the projected adequate supply of doctors. In addition to the 17 percent increase in physicians, the ranks of the nation's dentists have grown by 19 percent and optometrists by 15 percent. At the same time, the number of pharmacists has increased 23 percent, podiatrists 14 percent and veterinarians 32 percent The statistics were contained in "A Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Professions Personnel in the United States (1980)." It attributes the growth during the eight years surveyed to the expansion of training facilities and enrollments with the government's support. "While projections vary somewhat in their estimates of excess physican supply, it appears that the training capacity is adequate for meeting current and future needs," it said. This conclusion fortifies the Carter administration in its effort to cut off federal aid grants to health-professions schools and eliminate assistance for starting new schools.

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