the examiner Wednesday Dec 14 1977 as Margaret uval Booth centre presents the Miriam Duval Memorial Trophy to from left Leah Neely Doris Campbell Marjorie lleyden and Heather Donnelly The rink skipped by ainpbell won the consolation title Monday in the Barrie urling Club ladies section first schedule championships Examiner Photos The doctor says Questions on radiation By THOSTESON MD Dear Dr Thosteson Gran ting that there is no known cure for cancer have some questions about treatment have heard of patients who have radiation and do not recover What role does radiation play in the treatment of cancer What longrange ef fects does the radiation have What about nausea vomiting and diarrhea Are there can cers that radiation alone will cure Mrs EEM You have asked couple of complex questions At least the answers are not simple Ill limit my answer to some gen eral observations First you have an overly pes simistic outlook Secondly radiation is not an allornothing matter Radiation alone will arrest some cancers either by killing the cells or preventing them from multiplying Other can cers lend themselves to surgery only Another kind might be helped by combination of surgery and radiation Chemotherapy use of drugs is third approach and advances are continually being made in this So you see there are really three weapons at the physicians disposal in arresting cancers The confusion arises from the fact that we can effectively treat only localized cancer This is why early detection is so importantto get at it before it spreads in the system You mention side effects New drugs are constantly being evaluated to help minimize these some even as you read this You say that some victims die despite radiation therapy Sure they do but man survrve because of it Not at cancer victims die of cancer At re cent meeting of the College of Physicians speaker noted that he had successfully treated cancer in five patients Later they did die but autopsies showed no detectable evidence of the previous cancer Death was attributed to other factors such as heart attacks Cancer patients under any form of treatment should be as positive as possible about it What is more important they should keep themselves in as good physical shape as possible nutritionally and otherwise There are several bright spots in the cancer pic ture and more Im sure to come Dear Dr Thosteson Would you please put in your column the best lubricant for older women to use during in tercourse Mrs EP Vaginal lubricants for older women are surgical jellyor nonmedicated petroleum jelly It may be help fui for some women having this problem at menopause Dear Dr Thosteson What is bluedomed cyst and is it dangerous Jl These are retention cysts that is they contain material produced by the glands in the breast They often occur with mastitis inflammation of the breast usually because of in fection and seem more preva lent among childless womcn at menopause The name comes from the fact that the straw colored matter retained in the cyst has bluish cast when viewed from above It is benign condition BRIDGE AStIOGIaph Bernice Bede Osol ileum Bimbiflor Dec 15 1917 This coming year you may make several important changes that will prove benefi cial to you financially even though they wont appear so at the time SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dec 21 Be careful today that you do not bite the hand that feeds you though conditions may be trying What youll be getting is worth enduring little flack CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan 19 Theres possibility you will tearnavery valuable lesson Winthrop Eek Er Meek MH lUlFE DOESNT uooeeswuo UHY SPEND so MUCH nus am today when something you looked upon negatively turns out to be the opposite AQUARIUS Jan 20Feb 19 It behooves you to be selfreliant in business today You may feel you need others but youll do well it you use your full capabilities PISCES Feb 20March 20 Treat all your friends impar tially today If you single some one out for special attention it could put sensitive pals nose little out of joint ARIES March 21Aprll 19 There will be some pressure youll have to contend with but today should be very produce live one especially if your goals are wellclarified TAURUS April 20May 20 New ground may be discovered to ©l97byNEA me Hi Pat 0ft day thatll help you get along better with an acquaintance with whom you felt you had little in common You might even grow to like this person GEMINI May 21Juno 20 Be alert today for opportunity of financial or business nature Properly handled it could do much to assuage shaky feel ings about your seCurity CANCER June 21July 22 Dont duck difficult decisions today Nothing will be gained by putting them oft Facing issues souarely however leads to success LEO July 234mg 22 its best you have clear understanding today about the manner and tlme of payments for your murmurtum mus Put an services This will avoid poten tiai problems VIRGO Aug 23Sept 22 Youll be depriving yourself of onloy merit today if your attitude is dour while your companions are light and sparkly Get into the swim LIBRA Sept 23Oct 23 The boss may ask you to take on some extra reSponslbilities today Do so willingly It could mean step or two up the ladder SCORPIO Oct 24Nov 22 When sipping that second cup of coffee with your chums today repress your urges to dominate the canversation Theres valuable information trying to get through to vou Oswald and Jim Jacoby svwasraa oowr KNOW va YA COME HERE ASKlN ME READ VER JUST oiECKiNG Safety play makes it VALL BE BUM FOREVER Mrs Devitt of Barrie donated of her framed photographs to the General and Marine Hospital in ollingwood The ollingwood Progress lub made presentation of 59 pictures including Mrs lletitts photographs to the hospital board at reception at Skelton Galleries oliingwood on Dec Mrs Devitt is former ollingwood area rcsi dent and past president of the olor Photographic Association of Canada NORTH 12 iiAl How should South play the hand in matchpoint dupli cate game If clubs break 32 he can it afford to let his queen of WEST EAST clubs hold enter dummy 10 with the ace of hearts and 10 take six Club tricks instead 9432 AK9 ofjustfive This time the better play SOUTH ers settle for the safe 1288 notrump The reason ort is is that while three notrump Wza 10 is mighty good contract YOU KNOW MzmA the NorthSouth hands are W9WW i5 MVE WANT not easy to bid The chances 6500 NE SHE You To TASTE are that in 10table game Neither vulnerable not more than three declar 40min West North East South ers would get to three 1v notrump so it behooves Pass Pass ZNT South to take the safety play Pass BNT Pass Pass and give up the overtrick Pass Opening lead King of hearts Millie 0y By Oswald James Jacoby South has no problem at trick one He simply lets West hold that first trick West continues with the deuce and South wins in his own hand In rubber bridge South has no problem He plays his king of clubs overtakes his queen with dummys ace concedes trick to the jack of clubs and winds up with two spades two 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