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HAROLD ZAROWITZ, M.D.; JULIAN B. HOFFMAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;89(3):454-463.

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PRIMARY carcinoma of the trachea is one of the rarest neoplasms found in man. Postmortem studies show the same paucity of cases at leading medical centers¹ throughout the world.

At McGill University Hospital,^1a one case of carcinoma of the trachea was observed in 9,000 autopsies; at Montreal Hospital,^1a one case in 12,700 autopsies; at Johns Hopkins University Hospital,^1a Baltimore, no case in 15,000 autopsies; at New Haven Hospital,^1a New Haven, Conn., no case in 3,900 autopsies; at Philadelphia General Hospital,^1b two cases in 25,000 autopsies; at Charity Hospital,^1b New Orleans, one case in 23 years; at Los Angeles County Hospital,^1b no case in 12,000 autopsies; at Cook County Hospital,^1b Chicago, one case in 545 cases of carcinoma, and at Guy's Hospital, London,^1b no case in 5,000 autopsies. Fraenkel, whose work is cited by Stenn,^1b reported seven cases in 5,063 autopsies, an incidence of 1.4%, which is much higher than most . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Medicine, Gouverneur Hospital.

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