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First World Trade Center scientific and medical review released

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The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today issued the First Periodic Review of Scientific and Medical Evidence Related to Cancer for the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. This first periodic review provides a summary of the current scientific and medical findings in the peer-reviewed literature about exposures resulting from the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and cancer studies.

"Although a determination cannot be made to propose a rule to add cancer, or a type of cancer, to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions at this time, it is important to point out that the current absence of published scientific and medical findings demonstrating a causal association between the exposures resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the occurrence of cancer in responders and survivors does not indicate evidence of the absence of a causal association" said WTC Administrator John Howard, M.D. "As new research and findings are released, we will continue to do periodic reviews of cancer for the World Trade Center Health Program."

Since research into cancer and WTC exposures is ongoing, it is expected that a second periodic review will be conducted in early to mid-2012.

The issuance of this periodic review fulfills the provision under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 that the World Trade Center Program Administrator conduct this first review of the scientific and medical evidence. This first review discusses criteria that have been used previously to assist in weighing the scientific evidence to determine if a causal association exists between exposure and cancer. The review also summarizes input from the public and provides updates from researchers about ongoing or planned cancer studies.
For more information on the WTC Health Program visit the website at www.cdc.gov/niosh/wtc.

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First Periodic Review of Cancer for the WTC Health Program

The review is based on three information sources. First, a systematic search was conducted for peer-reviewed findings on exposure and cancer resulting from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that have been published in the scientific and medical literature between September 11, 2001, and July 1, 2011. Second, findings and recommendations related to cancer were solicited from the WTC Clinical Centers of Excellence and Data Centers, the WTC Health Registry at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the New York State Department of Health. Third, information from the public about cancer was solicited through a Request for Information published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2011, and March 29, 2011.

First Periodic Review of Scientific and Medical Evidence Related to Cancer for the World Trade Center Health Program Adobe PDF file [PDF - 731 KB] ► http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2011-197/pdfs/2011-197.pdf
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2011-197 (July 2011)

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