3/23/68 Article "Radio-Active Gold" in The Ottawa Journal:
Cancer Treatment - $100 a Shot
The recent increase in open-market gold prices will affect,
among many other things, the cost of a unique type of cancer
treatment given at the Civic Hospital's cancer clinic.
Treatment involves the use of radio-active gold in a
colloidal solution, and clinic head Dr. T. G. Stoddard said
the cost of the solution will probably be affected by recent
gold price trends.
The Ontario Cancer Foundation clinic at the Civic is one of
only two centers in Canada using this type of cancer
treatment. What makes it unique is that the surgeon must
insert a plastic tube in one of the lymph vessels in the
foot. This vessel is about the size of a large hair.
The solution is forced up through the vessels to the lymph
glands behind the stomach. These glands, Dr. Stoddard said,
are predominantly the first area of cancer attack where
cancer spreads very rapidly.
This same type of endolymphatic injection is used to search
out cancer in this area. A solution that shows up on X-ray
photographs is injected in the same manner to reveal the
presence of the disease.
Prior to this it was necessary to operate and probe
surgically for signs of cancer in the lymph glands.
The only surgeon presently qualified to perform this
pains-taking work at the Civic is Dr. Peter Capello.
While it will cost more for the radio-active gold in future,
Dr. Stoddard said the increase would not be felt by most
patients because the treatment is covered by hospital
insurance.
Cost of an injection of radio-active gold today is about
$100, but the largest part of this goes to making the gold
radio-active.
The cancer clinic at the civic is considered third in the
volume of cancer research conducted in Ontario.
Dr. Stoddard termed it the fastest growing clinic in the
country.
Next month the Canadian Cancer Society will be appealing to
Ottawa area citizens for funds to help support the many
cancer research projects underway across Canada.
4/03/68 GD's note: See many other cases indexed, from the
Edgar Cayce readings, recommending the use of Chloride of
Gold vibratorially, through the Wet Cell Appliance, for
cancer.


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