of months on active treatment since the date of diagnosis

would provide such a general measure.

 3. The most appropriate use of the procedure used in

this study for determining survival expectations is with

cancers with a rapid morbidity and mortality such as lung

cancer.

 4. The survival quotient (Worden, Harrison, &

Johnston, 1974), provides a valid measure of survival that

is longer or shorter than expected. However, because a

small number of medical and disease variables are powerful

predictors of survival, there does not appear to be an

advantage in controlling the effects of these variables

through this procedure rather than through the delineation

of the patient population.

Psychosocial Analysis

 The recommendations of the study concerning the psycho-

 social analysis are given as they relate to the findings of

 the study and to the methods of psychosocial analysis.

 Findings of the analysis

 The following recommendations are made concerning the

 findings of the psychosocial analysis:

 1. The relationship between psychosocial variables and

 the survival of cancer patients should be studied with

 careful consideration of medical and disease variables that

 affect survival. However, in addition, investigations