The Board shall establish, organize, and conduct a statewide cancer control program and may organize and conduct tumor clinics or cooperate with and subsidize hospital or locally organized tumor clinics in such parts of the State as such Board may deem most advantageous for the public health. In so far as is practicable, the Board shall conduct a professional and lay educational program in regard to the early diagnosis, care, and cure of cancer. (Amended 1959, No. 123, § 1, eff. April 17, 1959; 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961.)