§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health whether, in deciding to purchase radium for the treatment of cancer, he has taken into consideration the fact stated in the reports of his Department, and in the writings of medical users of radium, that this substance may seriously damage healthy tissue; and whether, before establishing further centres for the treatment of cancer by radium, he will have an expert investigation made of the whole question of radium treatment?
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§ Mr. ElliotThe further centres proposed to be established are for the treatment of cancer not merely by radium but by every recognised therapeutic agency. Radium is generally agreed to be a valuable agent in the treatment of cancer in spite of the dangers attending its unskilful use, and I do not think that the establishment of more centres should be deferred on that account.