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H|TexasA&M ■ ■ ■ ■ The Battalion February 18, 1982 /Page 1B Section B Testes cancer increases but death rate declines spring, or at least the recent spell of sunny days. United Press International NEW YORK —National Can cer Institute scientists credit use of several different anti-cancer drugs for a 34 percent decline in death rates for American whites with testicular cancer between 1973 and 1978. The substantial decline in deaths from most kinds of can cer of the testes happened de spite the fact that age-adjusted incidence rates of testis cancer among whites has risen in recent decades in the United States. The American Cancer Socie ty estimates there will be 5,300 new cases of testicular cancer in 1982 and 950 will die from rav ages of the illness. The cancer institute scientists reported the statistics in the Journal of the American Medic al Association and attributed the recent decrease in mortality to improved use of combination chemotherapy after 1970, parti cularly after 1975. Authors of the report are Dr. Frederick P. Li of the NCI Epidemiology Branch, and Dr. Max Myers and Roger R. Con nelly of the Biometry Branch in Bethesda, Md. They said the peak frequency of diagnosis of all testicular can cer, other than one kind called seminoma, is between ages of 20 and 29. “The age-adjusted mortality of testis cancer among United States whites declined by one- third between 1973 and 1978, in contrast to stable rates during preceding decades,” the report said. The scientists remarked that testicular cancer has been in creasing among young Amer ican males, a trend also observed in the Denmark, England and Wales. “The explanation (for the in crease) is unknown, but intro duction of new carcinogens that affect the testis has been post ulated,” they said. Citing one example of the size of the increase in testicular can cer, the scientists said: “Connecticut Tumor Regis try data show more than a doubling of age-adjusted testis cancer incidence rates during the last 40 years.” Outerwear $ Shoe Sale Feb. 15-ZO Wolverine. Western Wellington ^ \/ltaram Bucher 56^* ^ Vibram blucher 9 Walking Shoe ,egendary Hawaiian delicacy av become hard to swallow Entire Stock. Sweaters 25% t* 35% off Reg. 27^ to 65°^ Sale \9 os to 45°- Entire Stock Insulated Vests Reg. 55 — to 64°- Sale 39^° to 59^-°: UikingBoots ; Crest tu74? 107 5 -?1 9 Fabiano 360 79 5 -^ Whole Earth Shoes d 1 Bull hide. 365° United Press International EAAU, Hawaii — Legend that when one of the First waiians swamped a canoe in gh waters, the prophet a’ula dispatched the opihi, a jifish, to help the sailor safely lore. Some 1,500 years later, it is opihi needing a prophet and leaver. Though it is unlikely (become extinct, the shellfish, ce a standard delicacy in the iwaiian diet, keeps getting aller and fewer in number. “It’s one of our natural re- irces, and we regard it as a ;hly delectable delicacy be- ise it’s one of the traditional hes, used at traditional luaus,” said Kenji Ego, director of the state Office of Aquatic Re sources. “The population could be cut down to where many of us will not be able to enjoy it any more, and that would be unfor tunate.” Scientifically classified as a limpet, the salty-tasting opihi is a good source of protein and vita mins. It is traditionally eaten as an appetizer, in soup or with poi, the starchy paste pounded from the native taro root. The opihi’s taste abetted its decline. A growing number of restaurants and jewelry makers sought the opihi. Overfishing was the result. The Hawaii Legislature in 1978 established regulations keeping the size of opihi eligible for taking to one and one- quarter inches. But, says to Dr. E. Alison Kay, “when you look at the refuse at fishing sites, in 1977 around 50 percent of the shells discarded were less than regulation size. Last year, 64 percent were below regulaton size.” Dr. Kay, a University of Hawaii scientist, has led a pro ject to save the opihi since the early 1970s. “The possibility exists,” she says, “that people are just not paying attention to the regula tions.” There remains the chance she will be able to cultivate the opihi in tanks. Dr. Kay and an assis tant have transplanted opihi into tanks filled with rock to pro vide a natural home and have watched their charges for more than four months. “1’hey are growing,” she said, “there’s a very definite new shell growth in a number of them.” II Chinese 51 i ppers £4? 54? 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