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In previous communications the life expectancy of patients with cancer of the breast (1), oral cavity (2), and gastro-intestinal tract (3) has been discussed. In the present paper the life expectancy of patients with carcinoma of the genito-urinary tract will be considered. The discussion will include cancer of the vulva, vagina, cervix and fundus uteri, ovary, penis, testicle, prostate, bladder, and kidney. All cases of cancer of these organs admitted to the Collis P. Huntington Memorial and Pondville Hospitals in the years 1912–1933 have been reviewed personally. It must again be stressed that these hospitals are organized strictly for the care of cancer patients. All those with cancer that apply are admitted for treatment; many of them have only terminal care. Only those cases in which a definite history of the date of onset could not be determined or in which the diagnosis was uncertain have been omitted in the present study. In compiling statistics on age and sex incidence all cases entering the hospitals before Jan. 1, 1936, have been included. The method of calculation of the life expectancy curves was fully described in the first paper (1). No attempt to evaluate the number of five-year survivals has been made, since many of the patients did not receive their initial treatment in these hospitals.
Welch et al. (Wed,) studied this question.