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Brain, CNS cancer: Toms River, New Jersey: 90+ SAN trimer Styrene Acrylonitrile [9] [10] [11] 1973–1986 Leukemia: Woburn, Massachusetts: 21 Chloroform Tetrachloroethylene Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethene Arsenic [12] [13] 1982–1984 Testicular cancer: Fulton County, New York: 3 Dimethylformamide (DMF) 2-Ethoxyethanol 2-Ethoxyethyl ...
A cancer cluster is a disease cluster in which a high number of cancer cases occurs in a group of people in a particular geographic area over a limited period of time. [ 1 ] Historical examples of work-related cancer clusters are well documented in the medical literature.
The average annual incidence in the United States, 1975–1995, was 233 per million infants. [30] Several estimates of incidence exist. According to SEER, [30] in the United States in 1999: Neuroblastoma comprised 28% of infant cancer cases and was the most common malignancy among these young children, at 65 cases per million infants.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines a cancer cluster as a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that are either the same, similar or have similar causes.
This year, nearly 300,000 American women will develop breast cancer this year. More than 43,000 will die from the disease. Chicago doctors talk breast cancer awareness [Video]
Y-ME was founded in 1978 by breast cancer patients Ann Marcou (1932–2004) [6] and Mimi Kaplan (d. 1983), [7] and began as a hotline operated out of Marcou's Chicago-area home and a support group that met at a local YWCA. [7]
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) was founded in 1988 by Richard J. Stephenson following the death of his mother, Mary Brown Stephenson, who died from lung cancer. [3] Stephenson purchased the American International Hospital in Zion, Illinois , in 1988 and expanded the hospital to include a radiation center, the Mary Brown Stephenson ...
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is a 32-team tournament featuring top professional clubs from around the world, set to begin June 15, 2025, in the U.S. (Photo courtesy of FIFA)