There exist few reports concerning cancer presenting in forensic autopsies. This study of 1,300 consecutive forensic autopsies yielded 22 cases of single cancers (1.7%) of multiple primary sites and histologic types. The forensic autopsy affords unique opportunity to study not only diagnosed and treated trauma, disease, and cancer, but the natural evolution of untreated cancer as well. Clinically occult cancer is not uncommon and may eventually present clinically or at autopsy in unusual fashion. Advanced cancer may, sometimes on initial presentation, be responsible for sudden unexpected death. Persons with cancer, even in an advanced state, uncommonly commit suicide. Conversely, those committing suicide ostensibly because of known cancer infrequently prove to have cancer at autopsy. Through these autopsy studies, the forensic pathologist gains information invaluable for statistical, clinical, and medicolegal purposes, truly fulfilling his role of "community pathologist".
关于在法医尸检中出现癌症的报告很少。这项对1300例连续法医尸检的研究发现了22例单一癌症病例（占1.7%），这些癌症具有多个原发部位和组织学类型。法医尸检不仅为研究已诊断和治疗的创伤、疾病和癌症提供了独特的机会，也为研究未治疗癌症的自然演变提供了机会。临床上隐匿的癌症并不罕见，最终可能以不寻常的方式在临床上出现或在尸检时被发现。晚期癌症有时在初次出现时可能导致突然意外死亡。患有癌症的人，即使处于晚期，也很少自杀。相反，那些表面上因已知癌症而自杀的人，在尸检时很少被证明患有癌症。通过这些尸检研究，法医病理学家获得了对统计、临床和法医学目的非常宝贵的信息，真正履行了他作为“社区病理学家”的职责。
