The World Trade Center Health Program: Cancer Screening and Cancer Care Best Practices

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• Personal Author:
  Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Cochran, John ; Lilly, Gerald
• Description:
  The events of September 11, 2001 (9/11) exposed nearly a half million persons to many carcinogenic chemicals and dusts, as well as psychological and physical stressors. Subsequent epidemiologic studies of 9/11-exposed persons have suggested elevated risks for some cancers, e.g., prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, and melanoma. To detect cancer at an early stage, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening certain asymptomatic persons for lung, colorectal, cervical and breast cancer, but not for other cancers. High quality cancer diagnosis and treatment guidelines are available from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the National Cancer Institute. For enrolled members, the WTC Health Program provides coverage for cancer screening and diagnosis, and covers medically necessary treatment costs for all types of cancer, assuming 9/11-exposure and minimum latency requirements are met, and a Program-affiliated physician attests that 9/11 exposures were substantially likely to have been a significant factor in aggravating, contributing to, or causing the enrolled WTC member's cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Emergency Responders Health Promotion Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: 9/11 Breast Cancer Cancer Cancer Rates Cancer Screening Cervical Cancer Colorectal Cancer Dust Exposure First Responders Health Programs Latency Lung Cancer Medical Screening Pulmonary Nodule Screening Programs World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  1933-8244
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WTCHP - World Trade Center Health Program
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  78
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067148
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Occup Health 2023 Apr; 78(4):222-228
• Contact Point Address:
  Geoffrey M. Calvert, World Trade Center Health Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Email:
  jac6@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0d9ae0eb5dc78b2717d0d45d70c0b0274db2f4064916ec8ed20cc4b21892c12937ea85dee704fe853ad244b9a1d82758b38b91e6dc541c14ece78f091d041d17
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230803/cdc_230803_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB ]