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The Coastland Times
Manteo, Dare County, North Carolina
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The American Cancer Society is heavily funding leukemia research with nearly $400,000 in grants, focusing on causes, course, and cure, plus $1.2 million in virus research. Leukemia kills over 2,000 children under 15 annually and is the leading cancer killer of schoolchildren. Mrs. Chauncey Meekins of Dare County unit highlights its severity as a blood cancer.
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Raleigh.--The American Cancer Society is fully engaged in the struggle against leukemia. Current grants represent an expenditure of nearly $400,000, a level of support exceeded only by appropriation of the Federal government. This research on leukemia is concerned with all aspects of the disease-- its cause, its course, its cure.
Moreover, because of the evidence suggesting a virus relation to leukemia, it is pertinent to note that the Society is supporting some 40 grants in the virus research field, which represents an expenditure of about $1,205,000.
Annually, leukemia kills more than 2,000 children under 15 years old. Each year cancer claims the lives of more school children than any other disease.
Mrs. Chauncey Meekins, Chairman of the Dare County unit of the American Cancer Society, says the general public may not understand that leukemia, as one of the deadlier forms of cancer, greatly concerns the Society. While it may be well known that leukemia is a fatal disease, it is not widely understood that leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming organs.
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annually, leukemia kills more than 2,000 children under 15 years old. each year cancer claims the lives of more school children than any other disease.
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The American Cancer Society is fully engaged in the struggle against leukemia with current grants of nearly $400,000 for research on its cause, course, and cure, exceeded only by federal appropriations. The Society supports 40 grants in virus research totaling about $1,205,000 due to evidence of virus relation to leukemia. Mrs. Chauncey Meekins, Chairman of the Dare County unit, notes public misunderstanding of leukemia as a deadly cancer of blood-forming organs.