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THE August issue of the Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana contains an interesting article on this subject by Dr. Julio Bedoya Paredes, of the National Institute of Radiology of Peru, who states that since this Institute was founded two years ago a record has been kept of cases according to the site of the cancer, classification, treatment and results. The institute includes a reception service, specialized clinics, such as gynæcology, surgery and internal medicine, X-ray, basal metabolism, laboratory and histopathology sections, statistical, health education and preventive sections. It is intended to create a biopsy service through which specimens may be sent by air to the Institute for diagnosis.
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Cancer Control in Peru. Nature 155, 571 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155571c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155571c0