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Article Evaluation
Article Evaluation Bart0000 (talk) 18:03, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

This article states that Helen Chambers was a British pathologist and cancer expert. This article never mentioned if she had a specific focus in a type of cancer. This article also didn't specify that she was an expert on "all" cancer, so this ultimately makes me curious about her establishment and validity as a cancer "expert". This article does however prove her schooling and educational background with working links. Clearly she was an established M.D., but that still doesn't insinuate any type of "specific" oncology expertise she has. The additional vagueness continued with the article stating, "she organized efforts with other female doctors to reduce the use of radium in cancer treatment". I would recommend that this article should not just say Helen Chambers is an expert in cancer, but an expert in cancer research who exercised efforts to reduce the use of radium in cancer treatments. Bart0000 (talk) 18:24, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

This article states that Helen Chambers was a British pathologist and cancer expert. This article never mentioned if she had a specific focus in a type of cancer. This article also didn't specify that she was an expert on "all" cancer, so this ultimately makes me curious about her establishment and validity as a cancer "expert". This article does however prove her schooling and educational background with working links. Clearly she was an established M.D., but that still doesn't insinuate any type of "specific" oncology expertise she has. The additional vagueness continued with the article stating, "she organized efforts with other female doctors to reduce the use of radium in cancer treatment". I would recommend that this article should not just say Helen Chambers is an expert in cancer, but an expert in cancer research who exercised efforts to reduce the use of radium in cancer treatments. Lastly, there was only one external link and two sources for her obituary. Consequently, there may not be much information on Helen Chambers, but having more than one external link would increase the credibility of this article for me. I would have been really intrigued if there were more web links for me to research her efforts in reducing radium in cancer treatment more in depth Bart0000 (talk) 18:34, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

I plan on adding to this article vital and compelling evidence to show how Helen Chambers was a cancer expert and specifically the types of cancer she focused on. I plan on finding more sources and any additional information I may learn about Helen Chambers that the Article doesn’t already previously mention. I feel like finding more sources and more information about Helen Chambers will make this Wikipedia Article much stronger as a whole. Bart0000 (talk) 20:18, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Finding sources
I plan on adding reliable sources to increase the validity of this article and even add some additional information that may help bridge gaps where some questions may arise. For example, if Helen Chambers underwent large amounts of research for cancer and was given large amounts of radium for testing, where did she receive her radium and grants from? I feel like that’s an important question that should be answered, and can be answered. The book, “Notable American Women” includes this vitals information. On page 243 it states, “a loan for radium and a grant for cancer research came from the Empire Cancer Campaign through the Medical Research. Council”. In 1921 when she conceived the idea of opening a hospital for cancer research in women and recruited another woman physician known as Dr. Hurdon to assist her.

Bibliography:

"Notable American Women, 1607-1950." (243). Google Books. Accessed October 07, 2017. https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=RA1-PA243&lpg=RA1-PA243&dq=Helen%2BChambers%2Bcancer%2Bresearch&source=bl&ots=mcuJjMRcek&sig=Sr-q6gbuN5VvcN-5nA_01h_qovA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr08CEq9_WAhWJ6IMKHZfLDdEQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=Helen%20Chambers%20cancer%20research&f=false. Bart0000 (talk) 21:05, 7 October 2017 (UTC) Bart0000 (talk) 21:10, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

An incredible research article I discovered called the “Ineffable Freemasonry of Sex” includes immense amounts of specific detail on Helen Chambers and her work through the 1920’2. On page 15 of the research article it states, “By 1929, 322 cases had been treated, and of these only 68 were operable. The Cancer Committee had adopted the five-year surgical “cure” as the gold standard of successful treatment; hence, no definite claim could be made about the value of the therapy. The results were said to be “encouraging,” however. According to Helen Chambers, 90 percent of the operable cases were free from all the signs of cancer, while all the inoperable cases were “materially benefited.” I used this quote because it shows the impact and weight Dr. Chamber’s words carry.

Bibliography: Moscucci, Ornella. "The “Ineffable Freemasonry of Sex”: : Feminist Surgeons and the Establishment of Radiotherapy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain." Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 2007. Accessed October 07, 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2635846/. Bart0000 (talk) 21:20, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Improving and adding to an existing article
I plan on adding to this article vital and provide compelling evidence to show how Helen Chambers was a cancer expert and specifically the types of cancer she focused on. I plan on finding more sources and any additional information I may learn about Helen Chambers that the Article doesn’t already previously mention, including how she received her grants for her research. I feel like finding more sources and more information about Ms. Chambers will make this Wikipedia Article much stronger as a whole.

What I would like to add:

If Helen Chambers underwent large amounts of research for cancer and was given large amounts of radium for testing, where did she receive her radium and grants from? I feel like that’s an important question that should be answered, and a question that can be answered. The book, “Notable American Women” includes this vital information. On page 243 it states, “a loan for radium and a grant for cancer research came from the Empire Cancer Campaign through the Medical Research. Council”. In 1921 when she conceived the idea of opening a hospital for cancer research in women and recruited another woman physician known as Dr. Hurdon to assist her. Her research and credibility was not only noted, but commended due to the statistics of her findings. Another study called the “Ineffable Freemasonry of Sex” includes immense amounts of specific detail on Helen Chambers and her work through the 1920’s. On page 15 of the article, it states, “By 1929, 322 cases had been treated, and of these only 68 were operable. The Cancer Committee had adopted the five-year surgical “cure” as the gold standard of successful treatment; hence, no definite claim could be made about the value of the therapy. The results were said to be “encouraging,” however. According to Helen Chambers, 90 percent of the operable cases were free from all the signs of cancer, while all the inoperable cases were materially benefited”.

Bibliography:

"Notable American Women, 1607-1950." (243). Google Books. Accessed October 07, 2017. https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=RA1-PA243&lpg=RA1-PA243&dq=Helen%2BChambers%2Bcancer%2Bresearch&source=bl&ots=mcuJjMRcek&sig=Sr-q6gbuN5VvcN-5nA_01h_qovA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr08CEq9_WAhWJ6IMKHZfLDdEQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=Helen%20Chambers%20cancer%20research&f=false

Moscucci, Ornella. "The “Ineffable Freemasonry of Sex”: : Feminist Surgeons and the Establishment of Radiotherapy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain." Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 2007. Accessed October 07, 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2635846/ Bart0000 (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2017 (UTC)