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Thirty-Year Survey at New Haven Hospital

JOHN A. KIRCHNER, M.D.; JOCELYN S. MALKIN, M.D.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1953;58(1):19-30.

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THERE were more than 260 case in which cancer of the larynx was diagnosed at the New Haven Hospital during the 30-year period 1921-1951. In 235 of these the diagnosis was by either biopsy or postmortem examination, and these cases constitute the material discussed in this paper.

PREDISPOSING FACTORS

Chronological Distribution.—Whereas 94 cases were seen during the 20-year period between 1921 and 1940, 136 cases were seen during the 10-year period between 1941 and 1950.

Race, Religion, and Ethnic Groups.—The distribution of cases corresponds approximately to that found in the general population in this area; hence these factors do not appear to have any influence on the incidence of the disease.

Age and Sex.—The ages of patients in this series ranged from 21 to 90 years; 67% of the men were between 50 and 70, and 61% of the women were between 40 and 60 years of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

From Section on Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
The Tumor Registry, New Haven Hospital, granted permission to use the follow-up data.

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