lung cancer; it might be slowed down by special drugs, removed by surzer- - me - or ‘burned out" by X-rays. Cancer A neoplasm is any new or abnormal provwtr in the body. such growths are varts, moles, cysts, and certain tumors. Txamples of There are eenerally two kinds of neoplasms. One kind is benign (not harmful). The other is malignant Most harmful growths are called cancers. (harmful). What makes these growths harmful is the fact that cell vroduc- tion in them is uncontrolled; wild. it is as though the cell growth has gone Cancer cells duplicate themselves faster than their normal neighbors. They do not serve the body's needs, but use up the chemicals needed by other cells. The normal course of cancer is usually fatal. If the cancer is in a local area, it may be removed by surgery or by X-ray treatment ard a cure results. However, if only a few cancerous cells are left, the cancer Will begin to reproduce itself again. Cancer may develop as a tumor or tumors in a single organ, such as the lung or liver, or as a malignant tumor such as a mole or wart not in an organ, or in the blocd, or it may spread throughout the body (metastasis). As a result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, perhaps the most well-known long-range effect of radiation of human beings is the increase of leukemia. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood. It is a condition in which there is an abnormal increase in a certain kind of blood cell the leukocyte. The disease can be either acute (having a short course, or life) or chronic (having a long course, or life). While leukemia cannot be cured, it can be arrested, or retardec. 26