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Neoplastic Diseases in Infants and Children^*

( Department of Surgery, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind.)

1. A series of 1,409 patients with benign and malignant tumors seen at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital from November 1, 1924, to July 1, 1951, is presented.

2. Anatomic and pathologic features of the group are tabulated.

3. Theoretical explanations for the greater incidence of neoplasms in the first 5 years of life than in the subsequent 5-year periods are discussed.

4. The increasing admissions of the leukemias and the increasing reported death rate from them in the state of Indiana have been discussed and possible explanations for them presented.

^* Aided by a grant from the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research, Inc.

Received 7/28/52.