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

Vincent Seaman, Steve M Dearwent, Debra Gable, Brian Lewis, Susan Metcalf, Ken Orloff, Bruce Tierney, Jane Zhu, James Logue, David Marchetto, …
International journal of environmental research and public health, v 7(3), pp 1139-1152
Mar 2010
PMID: 20617023
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7031139View
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Abstract

polycythemia vera environmental exposure cancer cluster Communication Pennsylvania
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.

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