Multiple malignancy in elderly hospitalized patients of York

ABSTRACT

Malignancy is an important cause of death amongst middle aged and elderly people and more than one neoplasm is not an uncommon occurrence in a small percentage of this age group. The subjects of this study were fifty elderly patients admitted to our hospitals during the past twenty years period from 1970 to 1989, who were found to have more than one carcinoma. The methods of investigation and diagnostic criteria of multiple malignancies are described. This study confirmed that a small number of aging patients presented with multiple carcinoma, either during investigation, or at necropsy