PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications on Cancer Clusters and Investigations
On this page you can find publications that relate directly to
cancer clusters or provide useful information in conducting an
investigation.
General cancer cluster
- Aldrich TE, Sinks TH. Things to know and do about cancer clusters.
Cancer Invest 2002;20(5&6):810-6.
- American Council on Science and Health, Inc.
Cancer clusters findings vs. feelings [external
link]. New York (NY) American Council on Science and Health,
Inc.; 2002.
- Bellec S, Hemon D, Clavel J.
Answering cluster investigation requests: the value of simple simulations and statistical tools [external
link]. Eur J Epidemiol. 2005;20(8):663-71.
- Bender AP, Williams AN, Johnson RA, Jagger HG. Appropriate public
health responses to clusters: the art of being responsibly responsive.
Am J Epidemiol 1990;132(1):S48-S52.
- Caldwell GG. Twenty-two years of cancer cluster investigations at
the Centers for Disease Control. Am J Epidemiol 1990;132(1):S43-S47.
- Caldwell GG, Heath CW. Case clustering in cancer. South Med J
1976;69(12):1598-602.
- Cartwright RA. Cluster investigations: are they worth it? Medl J
Aust 1999;171(4):172.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Guidelines for investigating clusters of health events. MMWR
1990;39(RR-11):1-23.
- Heath CW. Investigating causation in cancer clusters. Radiat Environ
Biophys 1996;35:133-6.
- Iyengar VS.
Space-time clusters with flexible shapes. MMWR Morb
Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Aug 26;54 Suppl:71-6.
- Jacquez GM, Kaufmann A, Meliker J, Goovaerts P, AvRuskin G, Nriagu
J.
Global, local and focused geographic clustering for case-control data
with residential histories [external
link]. Environ Health. 2005 Mar 22;4(1):4.
- McNally RJ, Eden TO, Alexander FE, Kelsey AM, Birch JM.
Is there a common aetiology for certain childhood malignancies? Results of cross-space-time clustering analyses [external
link]. Eur J Cancer. 2005 Dec;41(18):2911-6. Epub 2005 Oct 21.
- Radespiel-Troger M, Daugs A, Meyer M.
A simulation model for small-area cancer incidence rates [external
link]. Methods Inf Med. 2004;43(5):493-8.
- Thun MJ, Sinks T.
Understanding cancer clusters [external
link]. CA Cancer J Clin. 2004 Sep-Oct;54(5):273-80.
- Ward DE. Cancer clusters. Frontiers, Ohio State University, Spring/Summer 1999;12-5,28.
Specific Cancers
- Angiosarcoma
- Brain Cancer
- Annegers JF, Schoenberg BS, Okazaki H et al. Epidemiologic study
of primary intracranial neoplasms. Arch Neurol 1981;38(4):217-9.
- Beall C, Delzell E, Rodu B et al. Case-control study of
intracranial tumors among employees at a petrochemical research
facility. J Occup Environ Med. 2001;43(12): 1103-13.
- Carozza SE, Wrensch M, Miike R et al. Occupation and adult gliomas.
Am J Epidemiology 2000;152(9): 838-846.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Brain
cancer—Texas. MMWR 1984;33(33):477-9.
- Cheng MK. Brain tumors in the People's Republic of China: a
statistical review. Neurosurgery 1982;10(1):16-21.
- Delzell E. Beall C, Rodu B, et al. Case-series investigation of
intracranial neoplasms at a petrochemical research facility. American
J Ind Med 1999;36: 450-458.
- Hanis NM, Holmes TM, Newill VA, et al Brain cancer: issues and
dilemmas. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1982;381:83-90.
- Kheifets LI Electric and magnetic field exposure and brain cancer:
a review. Bioelectromagnetics 2001;Suppl 5:S120-131.
- Kogevinas M, Sala M, Bofetta P et al. Cancer risk in the rubber
industry: a review of the recent epidemiological evidence. J Occup
Environ Med 1998;55(9): 646-7.
- McLaughlin JK, Malker HS, Blot WJ, et al. Occupational risks for
intracranial gliomas in Sweden. JNCI 1987;78:253-57.
- Navas-Acien A, Pollan M, Gustavsson P et al. (2002). Occupation,
exposure to chemicals and risk of gliomas and meningiomas in Sweden.
Am J Ind Med 2002;42(3): 214-27.
- Paunu N, Pukkala E, Laippala P et al. Cancer incidence in families
with multiple glioma patients. Int J Cancer 2002;97(6):819-22.
- Preston-Martin S. Epidemiology of primary CNS neoplasms.
Neurologic Clinics 1996;14(2):273-90.
- Schoenberg BS, Christine BW, Whisnant JP. The descriptive
epidemiology of primary intracranial neoplasms: the Connecticut
experience. Am J Epidemiology 1976;104(5): 499-510.
- Surawicz TS, McCarthy BJ, Kupelian V et al. Descriptive
epidemiology of primary brain and CNS tumors: results from the Central
Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, 1990-1994. Neuro-oncology
1999;1(1):14-25.
- Thomas TL and Waxweiler RJ. Brain tumors and occupational risk
factors. Scand J Work Environ Health 1986;12:1-15.
- Thomas TL, Stewart PA, Sternhagen A et al. Risk of astrocytic
brain tumors associated with occupational chemical exposures. Scand J
Work Environ Health 1987;13:417-423.
- Tornqvist S, Knave B, Ahlbom A et al. Incidence of leukemia and
brain tumours in some "electrical occupations." British J Industrial
Med 1991;48(9): 597-603.
- Villeneuve PJ, Agnew, Johnson KC. Brain cancer and occupational
exposure to magnetic fields among men: results from a Canadian
population-based case-control study. Int J Epidemiology 2002;31(1):
210-7.
- Zheng T, Cantor KP, Zhang Y et al. Occupational risk factors for
brain cancer: a population based case-control study in Iowa. J.
Occupational and Environmental Med 2001;43(4):317-24.
- Breast Cancer
- Leukemia/Lymphoma
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Epidemiologic notes and reports adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
associated with human T-lymphotropic virus Type I (HTLV-I)
infection—North Carolina. MMWR 1987;36(49):804-6,812.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Epidemiologic notes and reports acute childhood leukemia—Columbus,
Ohio. MMWR 1997;46(29):671-673.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Epidemiologic notes and reports Burkitt’s lymphoma—Winchester,
Virginia. MMWR 1997;46(29):674-678.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Risk Factors for Acute Leukemia in Children: A Review. Environ Health Perspect. Online November 30, 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.9023.
[external link]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Infectious Etiologies of Childhood Leukemia: Plausibility and Challenges to Proof. Environ Health Perspect.
Online November 30, 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.9024.
[external link]
- Fallon (Churchill County), Nevada Childhood Leukemia Cluster
- Heath CW Jr.
Community clusters of childhood leukemia and lymphoma: evidence of infection? [external link]
Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Nov 1;162(9):817-22. Epub 2005 Sep 21. Comment in: Am J Epidemiol.
2005 Nov 1;162(9):823-4; discussion 825.
- Selvin S, Ragland KE, Chien EY, Buffler PA.
Spatial analysis of childhood leukemia in a case/control study [external link]. Int J Hyg
Environ Health. 2004 Dec;207(6):555-62.
- Toms River, New Jersey Childhood Leukemia Cluster
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Woburn, Massachusetts Childhood Leukemia Study
Testicular Cancer
Specific Exposures
- Environmental and Occupational Causes of
Cancer
- Perchlorate and Trichlorethylene
- Morgan JW, Cassady RE. Community cancer assessment in response
to long-time exposure to perchlorate and trichloroethylene in
drinking water. J Occup Environ Med. 2002 Jul;44(7):616-21.
Other Environmental Hazards & Health Effects Topics
- Air Pollution
& Respiratory Health
Asthma, carbon monoxide, mold ...more
- Environmental
Public Health Indicators Project
List of core indicators, links to individual indicators, data sources ...more
- National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination
of data on environmental hazards, exposures to those hazards, and health
effects that may be related to the exposures ...more
- Radiation
Studies
General radiation facts, public health research, radon research ...more
