title: Multiple primary neoplasms in the elderly.
abstract: The frequency of multiple primary neoplasms in the elderly was studied in three personal series of autopsy cases. Comparison with the results of other workers showed a range of 0.6 percent to 36 percent of all neoplasms, verified at autopsy.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology*