Hodgkin's Disease Risk Factors Reported
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— have a risk five times as high as
normal.xThe risk hike holds true only
if the patient's disease is diagnosed
before age 45.
Other findings:
* Siblings closer in age to the
patient have a higher risk than those
much older or younger.
* The patient's spouse has no
increased risk.
* A person's risk doesn't increase
at all if his brother or sister first turns
up with the disease after age 45.
* Physicians and nurses who work
with Hodgkin's disease patients
have a risk no higher than normal.
Transmission of Disease
"We think these findings suggest
person-to-person transmission of
Hodgkin's disease in childhood or
the teenage years," Grufferman said
in an interview. "Or it may suggest
that the patient and his siblings were
exposed to something in common
that is linked to the disease."
But the assistant professor said no
one has yet isolated any virus.
Shingleton Selected
National Consultant
As one of his last official acts,
former President Gerald Ford
appointed Duke's Dr. William W.
Shingleton to the National Cancer
Advisory Board, the top panel of
consultants to the National Cancer
Institute.
Shingleton is director of the
Comprehensive Cancer Center. He
served previously on the board from
1969 to 1972.
Last month, the professor of
surgery assumed the presidency of
the Association of American Cancer
Institutes, an umbrella organization
for 51 of the country's foremost
cancer centers.
bacterium or chemical that triggers
Hodgkin's disease. And he
emphasized that a patient doesn't
increase the risk of anyone around
him once the disease shows up.
Working with Grufferman on the
study were Dr. Philip Cole of
Harvard; Peter G. Smith, now of
Oxford University; and Dr. Robert J.
Lukes of the University of Southern
California. Grufferman was a
teaching fellow at Harvard when he
led the study as part of his doctoral
thesis in public health.
The four scientists reviewed
records of more than 3,000 people
with Hodgkin's disease. They found
seven brother-brother pairs with the
disease, five sister-sister pairs and
one brother-sister pair.
This distribution rules out
genetics as a factor in the disease,
Grufferman said.
The number of brother-brother
and sister-sister pairs make it
unlikely that Hodgkin's disease is
spread widely by someone who has
it or is destined to have it, he said. If
the disease were spread widely, all
brothers and sisters in an affected
family would have the same risk. The
study shows that they have different
risks, depending on sex and age.
"Like-sex siblings and those closer
in age to the patient are more apt to
share clothing and diet," Grufferman
said. "They might be exposed to
something in common or they might
transmit something from one to
another."
Phone Books Roll off the Press
The 1977-78 General Telephone
Directories will be available to the
university and medical center during
the week of February 14-18.
Directories should be picked up
according to the schedule below. The
university directory office asks that
you decide in advance of pickup the
number of directories needed for
your area and that you request only
the number needed for efficient
operation of your department. Each
. book costs Duke one dollar.
For those unable to pick up
directories during scheduled times,
there will be a make-up day,
Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Alumni
Lounge, Union West, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
DATE: Monday, Feb. 14 and Tuesday,
Feb.15
TIME: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
LOCATION: Basement, red zone,
behind emergency room
BUILDINGS INVOLVED: Medical
center
The Week On Campus
February 4-11,1977
Event and Time
Place
PERFORMING ARTS (684-4059):
Thurs., 8 p.m. Triangle Dance Guild: Pilobolus Dance Theatre Page
Thurs. and Fri. (2/11), 8:15 p.m. EXike Players: "Marat Sade" (Admission Charge) Branson
Fri. (2/11), Synergic Theatre” Baldwin Aud.
SPEAKERS (684-4059):
Mon., 7 p.m. D.U.U.: Donald Bogle, “An Interpretive History Page
of Blacks in American Films"
Wed., 10 a.m. Campus Club Lecture: Dr. William H. Chafe, E. Duke Music Rm.
"Changing Sex Roles: A Look to the Past, A View of the Future" (Admission Charge)
Wed., 8:15 p.m. Round Table on Science and Public Affairs: Gross Chem. Aud.
John Walsh, senior science writer for Science Magazine,
"NSF: How Firm a Foundation?"
MUSIC (684-4059):
Fri. (2/4), 8:30 p.m. D.U.U.: Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Admission Charge) Page
Sat., 8:15 p.m. Music Dept. Faculty Recital: Katherine Posner, E. Duke Music Rm.
soprano, and John Ruggero, pianist
Sun., 8:15 p.m. Recital on Aeolian Organ by J. Samuel Hammond, Chapel
in honor of 25th anniversary of accession of Queen Elizabeth II
Tues., 8:15 p.m. Duke Jazz Ensemble and UNC-Chapel Hill Jazz Page
Lab Band
Fri. (2/11), 9 p.m. Duke Wind Symphony; Viennese Ball Down Under,
Gilbert-Addoms Dorm
RELIGIOUS (684-2572):
Sun., 11 a.m. Worship service: Rev. Will D. Campbell,
director, Comnuttee for Southern Churchmen
ATHLETICS (684-3212):
Sat., 10 a.m. Women’s Gymnastics: Duke vs. Meredith
Sat., 2 p.m. Basketball: Duke vs. Maryland
Sat., 7:30 p.m. Women's Basketball: Duke vs. Shaw
Wed., 6 p.m. Women's Gymnastics: Duke vs. Furman
Wed., 7:30 p.m. Basketball: Duke Vs. Virginia
OTHER:
Sat., Continuing Education Workshop, "The Nose Against the Window Pane," call 684-6259
Mon., Continuing Education Workshop, "Interviewing," call 684-6259 (Admission Charge)
FILMS: Fri. (2/4), 7, 9:30 and midnight "The Story of Adele H," Bio. Sci. Aud.; Sat. and
Sun., 6 and 9:30 p.m. "Godfather Part II," Page; Mon., 6, 8,10 and midnight "Fretuy," Bio.
Sci. Aud.; Tues., 7 and 9:30 p.m. "Imitation of Life," Bio. Sd. Aud.; Thurs., 7 and 9:30 p.m.
"Midnight Cowboy," Bio. Sci. Aud.; Fri. (2/11), 7, 9:30 and midnight "Sunday, Bloody
Sunda^rKoSci^Aud(Admissiona\aige)^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Chapel
Indoor Stadium
Indoor Stadium
Indoor Stadium
DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 16
TIME: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
LOCATION: Sands Building, main
entrance
BUILDINGS INVOLVED: Nanaline
H. Duke, Sands, Jones, ALIF, North,
Vivarium, Research Park I, II, HI, IV
DATE: Thursday, Feb. 17
TIME: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
LOCATION: BeU Building, 306D
BUILDINGS INVOLVED: Bell,
Medical Center Library, Physical Plant,
Heating Plant
DATE: Friday, Feb. 18
TIME: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
LOCATION: Hanes House Lobby
BUILDINGS INVOLVED: Hanes
House, Hanes Armex, School of Nursing,
Graduate Center, Pickens, Civitan
Buildings not listed, which have fewer
Duke telephones because of their remote
locations, will have directories hand
delivered.
DR. JOSEPH A. C. WADSWORTH
Grant Will AiJ
Eye Research
The Eye Center has received a
$5,000 grant from Research to
Prevent Blindness, Inc., of New York
to support current scientific studies
of eye diseases.
Dr. Joseph A. C. Wadsworth,
chairman of the Department of
Ophthalmology, announced the
grant. The money is unrestricted, he
said, and as such can be directed
where it is most needed.
Part of the money may be applied
toward continuing research on eye
socket tumors, he said.
Research to Prevent Blindness,
Inc., a non-profit organization which
raises money for eye research, has
provided the Department of
Ophthalmology with $55,000 since
1967, Wadsworth said.
A foundation spokesman said his
group has distributed almost $3
million in research grants to
scientists at 50 institutions in the
United States and more than $30
million in construction funds for
modern eye centers across the
country.
Center Programs Free Courses
I I I I I ■
evoiK
The Computation Center will continue its series of free, non-credit courses
for members of the university community during spring semester.
Unlike the fall courses, those offered this spring assume some basic
programming knowledge. Students do not need to be experienced
programmers to benefit, but instructors will gear explanations and
vocabulary to those familiar with some higher level computer language.
All courses will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4-5 p.m.,
except CC95, Basic, which will meet on Tuesday and Thursday from 4-5 p.m.
Minor variations may be arranged by students and individual instructors.
No course will be taught if enrollment is less than five people.
If five or more people are interested in a course not listed for this semester,
the Computation Center will try to arrange it. Anyone interested in such an
arrangement or in enrolling in a regular course, should call Mara Simmerman
at 684-4217.
The course schedules are listed below:
Course
Name
Dates
Place
Instructor
CC95
Basic
Feb. 8-Feb. 17
101 Comp Center
Baker
CC40
JCL
Feb. 7-Feb. 25
311 Soc ^i
Elkington
CC91
TSO
Feb. 21-Mar. 4
100 Comp Center
Ballard
CC65
Plotter
Feb. 28-Mar. 4
311 Soc Sci
Paris
CC50
Stat. Packages
Feb. 28-Mar. 4
124 Soc Sci
Tuan
CC94
APL
Mar. 14-Mar. 25
100 Comp Center
Tuttle
CC56
SAS
Mar. 14-Mar. 25
311 Soc &i
Tuan
CC93
CPS
Mar. 28-Apr. 8
100 Comp Center
Tuan