RESOURCES
On this page you can find useful information about cancer
clusters by the following categories:
General
- The American Cancer
Society
Provides information on cancer (including cancer clusters), research,
and services ...more
- CDC's Cancer
Prevention and Control Program
Provides calculation and analysis of cancer incidence rates upon special
request ...more
- The
National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conducts extensive cancer research activities and provides educational
materials for the public.
- NCI's Cancer
Cluster Web site
Provides an extensive overview of cancer clusters, including facts
about cancer, the environment, and heredity; methods used in
investigating suspected cancer clusters; guidelines for reporting
suspected cancer clusters; and a list of additional resources ...more
Cancer Registries
- CDC's
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
Supports cancer registries in 45 states, the
District of Columbia, and 3 territories (Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,
and the Republic of Palau) ...more
- NCI's Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)
[external link]
Gathers in-depth data on cancer cases diagnosed in five states
(Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, and Utah) and six metropolitan
areas (Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland, San
Jose/Monterey, and Seattle). The metropolitan SEER registries send their
data to the NPCR state registries ...more
Environment-Related
- The Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
Responds to inquiries about toxic waste sites ...more
- CDC's National Center for
Environmental Health
Responds to inquiries about suspected cancer clusters relating to
environmental problems (see also CDC's role in
cancer clusters) ...more
-
Cancer and the Environment: What You Need to Know, What You Can Do
[external link] [PDF,
615 Kb]
Published as a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and
the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, this booklet
addresses concerns about the connection between cancer and exposure to
toxic substances in the environment. It contains information about which
types of substances are either known to cause or likely to cause cancer,
and what can be done to reduce exposures to them. It also explains how
scientists discover which substances are likely to cause cancer. The
booklet provides an extensive overview of environmental causes of or
risk factors for cancer including lifestyle factors such as diet and
physical inactivity, certain medical drugs, hormones, radiation,
viruses, bacteria, and environmental chemicals that may be present in
the air, water, food, and workplace.
-
The
National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS) [external link]
Provides information about environment-related diseases and health
risks, such as electromagnetic fields and cancer.
-
Report on Carcinogens [external link]
Produced by NIEHS every other year, this report contains an extensive
list of chemicals that cause cancer as well as many other toxicology
reports ...more
- The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency [external link]
Provides information to citizens concerned about environmental issues in
their communities ...more
- The U.S. Geological Survey
[external link]
Provides information on topics such as biological resources, natural
hazards, and water quality ...more
Hazardous Waste
Site-Related
- The Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
Provides information about and conducts investigations related to the
effects of toxic substances at hazardous waste sites on human health ...more
Military-Related
- The U.S. Department
of Defense (DoD) DefenseLink [external link]
Provides information about various topics, including health ...more
- The Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology Automated Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR)
[external link]
Used by the DoD Uniformed Services medical treatment facilities to
compile, track, and report cancer data ...more
Occupation-Related
- CDC's
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Provide information about exposures in the workplace known or suspected
to cause cancer. NIOSH also responds to requests from employers, union
representatives, or employees to evaluate potentially hazardous working
conditions, including suspected cancer clusters ...more
- U.S.
Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
[external link]
Provides occupational health-related information to ensure a safe and
healthful workplace for all Americans ...more
Publications
- Selected Publications on Cancer
Clusters and Investigations
These publications relate directly to cancer clusters or provide useful
information in conducting an investigation ...more
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