Cancer and mental handicap. A further study (1976-85).
In four hospitals for the mentally handicapped, 302 patients died during the decade 1976-85; of these, 53 (17.5%) died from cancer. The percentage of deaths from all types of cancer during that period showed an increase, particularly in gastrointestinal cancer, as compared with the previous four decades.
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Stoke Park Hospital, Stapleton, Bristol.
D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000401:mortality; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*