Characteristics of Cancer Patients in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center

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• Personal Author:
  Abbot SA ; Arslan AA ; Corona R ; Durmus N ; Fernandez-Beros M-E ; Pehlivan S ; Reibman J ; Shao Y ; Smyth-Giambanco S ; Umana L ; Zhang Y
• Description:
  The destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers on 11 September 2001 released many tons of aerosolized dust and smoke with potential for carcinogenic exposures to community members as well as responders. The WTC Environmental Health Center (WTC EHC) is a surveillance and treatment program for a diverse population of community members ("Survivors"), including local residents and workers, present in the NYC disaster area on 9/11 or in the days or weeks following. We report a case series of cancers identified in the WTC EHC as of 31 December 2019. Descriptive characteristics are presented for 2561 cancer patients (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and 5377 non-cancer WTC-EHC participants who signed informed consent. We identified a total of 2999 cancer diagnoses in 2561 patients: 2534 solid tumors (84.5%) and 465 lymphoid and hematopoietic tissue cancers (15.5%) with forty-one different cancer types. We describe the distribution, frequency, median age of cancer diagnosis and median latency from 9/11 by cancer site. In addition to common cancer types, rare cancers, including male breast cancers and mesotheliomas have been identified. The current study is the first report on cancer characteristics of enrollees at WTC EHC, a federally designated treatment and surveillance program for local community members affected by the 9/11 terrorist attack on the WTC. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Dust Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: WTC Survivors Cancer Cancer Characteristics Cancer Rates Dust Exposure Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure First Responders Medical Treatment Smoke Inhalation Surveillance Programs World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061131
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020 Oct; 17(19):7190
• Contact Point Address:
  Joan Reibman, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
• Email:
  joan.reibman@nyumc.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H): NYC H+H Data Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20170401
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20210331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a90edbfc04602befad5302e9e94aed48e8a379d30f248f699f7b48a7d3702d42755572d66c171af4dab9c6a5ee8464d658db291f00b162af9cb7cd06751e876
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224779/cdc_224779_DS1.pdf
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