Word: leukemia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Memorial's patients are operated on (the hospital's "fiveyear cure" rate for stomach cancer: 25%). But Memorial is also pioneering in hormones for breast and prostate cancers, radioactive iodine for thyroid cancers, nitrogen mustards for Hodgkin's disease, radioactive phosphorus for certain forms of leukemia, a urine test for early cancer detection, studies of an extract of the adrenal gland, which looks like a hopeful candidate against stomach cancer...
Died. Janet Fairbank, 44, concert soprano, venturesome talent-hunter, daughter of Novelist Janet Ayer Fairbank (The Bright Land), niece of Pulitzer Novelist Margaret Ayer Barnes (Years of Grace); of malignant leukemia; in Chicago. Her practice of singing new songs instead of sure-fire classics consistently lost her money, won her the gratitude of young U.S. composers...
...normal cell malignant? Most researchers think the answer will be found in cell metabolism. A malignant cell, some now think, may be just a normal cell with a peculiar digestion. Exploring one phase of this theory, a team of Harvard and M.I.T. scientists used radioactive zinc to study malignant leukemia, an incurable, cancerlike disease of the white blood cells. They found that malignant white cells have much less zinc than normal cells...
Their conclusion: lack of zinc (necessary for normal cell growth) probably accounts for some of the abnormal behavior of cells in leukemia. Their discovery may eventually rank in importance with the finding that pernicious anemia is caused in part by an iron deficiency in red blood cells, which can be corrected by liver extract. Perhaps a cure for leukemia may be found in some substance not yet discovered that will enable white cells to absorb more zinc...
Died. Georges Gonneau, 50, famed chef; of leukemia; in Manhattan. His chef-d'oeuvre: breast of pheasant, simmered with juniper berries, truffle essence and old Calvados brandy; fresh chestnuts nested in green artichoke hearts; individual timbale of baked chip potatoes...