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Testicular cancer: Fulton County, New York: 3 Dimethylformamide (DMF) 2-Ethoxyethanol 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate 2-Butoxyethanol [14] 1987–1999 Brain cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma: Wilmington, Massachusetts: 20 Unknown N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) [15] [16] [17] 1993–2008 Childhood brain cancer, brain tumors, colon cancer, anal cancer, rectal ...
Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [3] This area accounts for 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States. [4]
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.
In 2020, there will be about 81,400 new cases of bladder cancer diagnosed in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Smoking is a major risk factor. Smoking is a major risk ...
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.
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.
There are two types of circulating tumor cell cluster, one that consists of cancer cells only is termed homotypic. A CTC cluster that also incorporates other cells including white blood cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and platelets, is termed heterotypic. [24] Heterotypic clusters are also known as microemboli. It is suggested that these ...
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