dropped from the sample when it was determined that their

primary cancer site was not one of the three under study.

One of the patients interviewed remained alive more than 12

months after the collection of data and was not included in

the analysis.

 The final sample consisted of 30 subjects. Twelve had

cancer primary to the lung, 12 were women with cancer of the

breast, and 6 had cancer of the rectocolon. Of those

patients with cancer of the lung, eight were male and four

were female. All were white. Their ages at the time of the

interviews ranged from 60 years to 83 years with an average

of 66.67. All breast cancer patients interviewed were

females. Their ages ranged from 60 years to 84 years with an

average of 62.67 years. Of those patients with rectocolon

cancer, four were male and two were female. One of the

patients was black; the others were white. Their ages ranged

from 61 to 82 years with an average of 69.33 years.










 1
 The duration of this patient's survival from diagnosis
to referral to study was no longer than the survival of nearly
one-fourth of the cases with the same primary site. It was
decided on this basis that the case did not represent
exceptionally long survival but rather, inappropriate referral
to the study.