A Multidisciplinary Investigation of a Polycythemia Vera Cancer Cluster of Unknown Origin

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Seaman, Vincent ; Dearwent, Steve M ; Gable, Debra ; Lewis, Brian ; Metcalf, Susan ; Orloff, Ken ; Tierney, Bruce ; Zhu, Jane ; Logue, James ; Marchetto, David ; Ostroff, Stephen ; Hoffman, Ronald ; Xu, Mingjiang ; Carey, David ; Erlich, Porat ; Gerhard, Glenn ; Roda, Paul ; Iannuzzo, Joseph ; Lewis, Robert ; Mellow, John ; Mulvihill, Linda ; Myles, Zachary ; Wu, Manxia ; Frank, Arthur ; Gross-Davis, Carol Ann ; Klotz, Judith ; Lynch, Adam ; Weissfeld, Joel ; Weinberg, Rona ; Cole, Henry
• Description:
  Cancer cluster investigations rarely receive significant public health resource allocations due to numerous inherent challenges and the limited success of past efforts. In 2008, a cluster of polycythemia vera, a rare blood cancer with unknown etiology, was identified in northeast Pennsylvania. A multidisciplinary group of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, and local healthcare providers subsequently developed a multifaceted research portfolio designed to better understand the cause of the cluster. This research agenda represents a unique and important opportunity to demonstrate that cancer cluster investigations can produce desirable public health and scientific outcomes when necessary resources are available.
• Subjects:
  Cluster Analysis Environmental Exposure Hematologic Neoplasms Humans Polycythemia Vera
• Source:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2010; 7(3):1139-1152
• Pubmed ID:
  20617023
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2872321
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c46faae2875848520168fa51531f87af6f92f91d826f8e714c3ef0cbe7f72595
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/4014/cdc_4014_DS1.pdf
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