Word: farber
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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Once, X rays were the doctors' only weapon against these inoperable cancers and were effective in only a few types of cases. In the last five years, Boston's Dr. Sidney Farber and a team of assistants have been getting encouraging results with new drugs. One of the first to show promise was nitrogen mustard (a deadly poison developed in World War II for chemical warfare). Newer and better, Dr. Farber believes, are the awkwardly named "folk acid antagonists." These, like ACTH and cortisone, are most often effective against the leukemias...
Back on the Farm. "Jimmy," for whom the clinic and research building was named, is a New England farm boy. When he first saw Dr. Farber, the diagnosis was dismal: lymph-node cancer. Previous results with nitrogen mustard had been spotty, so Jimmy got three (out of the seven) folic acid antagonists. Today he is back doing chores on the family farm and feeling fine. His cancer shows no sign of activity...
...least of all the cautious Dr. Farber, believes that a cure for these children's cancers is in sight. Even now, one-third of all leukemia victims fail to respond to any treatment. But Dr. Farber believes that he and his colleagues are on the right track. To keep them going, the Variety Club (composed largely of theater managers and entertainers) and the Boston Braves have raised $600,000 through radio appeals and collections in theaters and ball parks; they plan to keep on until the Jimmy Fund Building is paid for, and Jimmy's companions in misfortune...