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IATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. Division of Bjol.og;y and Nedicine Dear Dr. Xarren: BEST COPY A VAl ME I This week 7: received your note of April 21, regarding he has only about 10 ainu tes to talk at this the talk jJr- %;.eet i s giving atthe dedication of the regmdin;: the treat nei it of patients :, bu-t lii2.s nerely goin! t o soxe of the data 7:rhich he has obtained or: boron accumulation in brairi tv~!!o:s z t the Yzsszcnusetts Generz.1 Rospital.
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for E. quotation :Toor 2cuo t ation of the release idiich was siven by Dr. Rav;ortli t o the newspapers a t the time the re_nort toa medicel group i t appears tome that i t would be unnise for us to at tex pt to make any statements whatsoever, however much we might atternpt t o guard them, t o any represent et ives of the daily press. Until we can make a satisfactory Dr, Van Slylre agrees nith me I am encfosint; a copy of t h e statement r;?lich Lee Haworth gzve tothe press i n the event you may not have one - athad :-.Then this letter arrives, On May 7 I zn giving a talk to the Delaware Academy of Nedicine on the use of radioactive isotopes i n medicine. It isrn ~present intention not t o mention our brain tumor treat - nent i n this talk. mjr talk Is hall ansver i t alon; the lines laid down i n Lee If a question concerning it arises after Until xe have the a i cro sco pic sections onIPS. Jalnieson there i s nothing coi2crete to add nhich is not largely s9ecuInall my discussions with the public relations people here a t i3rookhaven I have insisted t kt your directive to u-s, b-lat no ? ub li city regardi_i?i this study be given out, should be ariser? through the fil i rig of the death certificate Gf Iks. Jar;- Lslzii6 local of lin l ted circulation. This reporter is also a correspondent for the Keiz Yorlr Tires, but insofar as I an a:*:Ere7 ae have not received. any inc;uiries direct from the Xms, It ?ilOuld seen tc me that y(e cancot speak to amy of these reporters without, zt least by ix pli cation publishing OUT results inthe l>er-;s?spei?s before ye hzve preser,ted thheri! t o the profession. The present flurry of inqu-iries have The influ : of letters and cz ll s, while not as large a s might have bees antic ip zte d, h2.s nevertheless been consideraSle. Ii? each instance ar: ansner WES proxi;tly sent out, stating that itms not possible fo-r us to carry on any stdditioilal patients,
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D wii ig the coming week, April 30 t o 1t.Iajr 5, Is hall be at Atlantic City at the medical meetings, but czn be reached i f necessary a t .the Hotel Trapo re. I an telephoning Dr. Dunham today the substance of this letters ot hz t he may have this infornz-tion for you. i n the event that - through any mischance this letter should not arrive 140 s t since ye ly,
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Studies nou under way on t r i a l treatments of brain tumors :Tith neutrons from t h e Brookhaven IJational Laboratory reactor have not prog conclu-sions about the effect decline Tor professional reasons, therefore, t o give any medical judgment at this * time - on the studies, Dr. Leland J. Haworth, Director of Erooknsven National Lzkoratory, confirmed that three patients had been treated a d vere under observation. l r ? ren st pe anc? ucnauthorized announcexent of the vorktf because I t tefids t o ~ z i xhopes before a.1-i~nedicz--l evzlu.ztion can be He Ceplcred vbat he termed the