List of cancer clusters

This is a list of cancer clusters. It should be noted that a cancer cluster is a statistical event, which may or may not have a cause other than chance. There are other cancer clusters that occur without any obvious source of carcinogens.

Notes

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*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Feb. 7, 1997). " [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046136.htm Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Angiosarcoma of the Liver Among Polyvinyl Chloride Workers -- Kentucky.] " 46 (5), 97–101.
*US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). (Jul. 2003). [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lejeune/survey_full.html Survey of Childhood Cancers and Birth Defects at USMC Camp Lejeune] . Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005
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*US Environmental Protection Agency. (December 14th, 2004). " [http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/ciba/ CIBA-GEIGY CORP] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005
* New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous Site Health Evaluation Program, Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health, & US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). (Sep. 1997). [http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/hhazweb/cansumm.pdf Childhood Cancer Incidence Health Consultation: A Review and Analysis of Cancer Registry Data, 1979-1995 for Dover Township (Ocean County), New Jersey]
*NJDHSS, ATSDR. (Dec. 2001). Case-control Study of Childhood Cancers in Dover Township (Ocean County), New Jersey. " [http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/hhazweb/case-control_pdf/Volume_I/Voli.pdf Volume 1: Summary of the Final Technical Report PDF 134KB] ". See also: " [http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/hhazweb/dovertwp.htm Dover Township Childhood Cancer Investigation] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment. (1997). " [http://www.mass.gov/dph/beha/cau/reports/woburn/woburn.htm BEHA Reports - Woburn, Massachusetts] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*. Costas, K. Knorr, RS. Condon, SK. (Dec. 2, 2002). A case–control study of childhood leukemia in Woburn, Massachusetts: the relationship between leukemia incidence and exposure to public drinking water. " [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_aset=B-WA-A-B-ZC-MsSAYWW-UUW-AUEYEBAABV-AUEZCAAEBV-ZVCWECCUV-ZC-U&_rdoc=7&_fmt=summary&_udi=B6V78-462BHTK-6&_coverDate=12%2F02%2F2002&_cdi=5836&_orig=search&_st=13&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=2d94c59a4331e2dede71829a2b267285 Science of The Total Environment] " 300 (1-3), 23–35.
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Feb. 24, 1989). [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001352.htm Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Testicular Cancer in Leather Workers -- Fulton County, New York] " 38 (7), 105–106, 111–114.
* Massachusetts Department of Public Health. (2002). Wilmington Childhood Cancer Study. " [http://www.mass.gov/dph/beha/cau/reports/wilmington/wilmington.htm Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
* Massachusetts Department of Public Health. (Aug. 2000). Letter to the Wilmington Board of Health. " [http://www.mass.gov/dph/beha/cau/reports/wilmington/evaluation87to95.pdf Evaluation of Cancer Incidence data for the Town of Wilmington, Massachusetts 1987-1995] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell. (2003). " [http://www.uml.edu/umlmainpage/umlnews/pdf/ChildhoodCancerinMassachusettsv135.7.03.pdf Toxic chemicals and childhood cancer: A review of the evidence] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2004). " [http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/clusters/Fallon/default.htm Cancer Clusters - Churchill County (Fallon), Nevada Exposure Assessment] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*Steinmaus, C. Lu, M. Todd, RL. Smith, AH. (2004). Probability Estimates for the Unique Childhood Leukemia Cluster in Fallon, Nevada, and Risks Near Other U.S. Military Aviation Facilities. " [http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/6592/6592.html Environmental Health Perspectives] " 112 (6), 766–771 .
* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). " [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/region_9.html#nevada Nevada] ". Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*Mullen Jr., Frank. (Feb. 27, 2005) [http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2005/02/27/93272.php Scientists zero in on tungsten as Fallon cancer cause] . "Reno Gazette-Journal".
*Gardner, MJ. (1991). Father's occupational exposure to radiation and the raised level of childhood leukemia near the Sellafield nuclear plant. " [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1954939 Environmental Health Perspectives] " 94, 5–7.
*Dickinson, H. Parker, L. (2002). Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children of male Sellafield radiation workers. " [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/92013261/ABSTRACT International Journal of Cancer] " 99 (3), 437–444.
*Pobel, D. Viel, JF. (1997). Case-control study of leukaemia among young people near La Hague nuclear reprocessing plant: the environmental hypothesis revisited. " [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7074/101 British Medical Journal] " 314 (101).
*Seth, A. (1997) Leukemia Clusters Near La Hague and Sellafield. " [http://www.ieer.org/ensec/no-4/lahague.html Institute for Energy and Environmental Research] " (4). Retrieved Jan. 31, 2005.
*Hoffmann, W. Schmitz-Feuerhake, I. Dieckmann, Hayo (1997). A cluster of childhood leukemia near a nuclear reactor in Northern Germany. Archives Environ. Health 52 (1997) 275-280.
*Brüske-Hohlfeld, I. et al. A cluster of childhood leukemias near two neighbouring nuclear installations in Northern Germany: prevalence of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 77 (2001) 111-116.