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Characteristics of Cancer Patients in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center

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  • Nedim Durmus

    (Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Yongzhao Shao

    (Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Alan A. Arslan

    (Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Perlmutter Comprehensive Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Yian Zhang

    (Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Sultan Pehlivan

    (Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Maria-Elena Fernandez-Beros

    (Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Lisette Umana

    (World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Rachel Corona

    (World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Sheila Smyth-Giambanco

    (World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Sharon A. Abbott

    (World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

  • Joan Reibman

    (Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    World Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA)

Abstract

The destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers on 11 September 2001 released many tons of aerosolized dust and smoke with potential for carcinogenic exposures to community members as well as responders. The WTC Environmental Health Center (WTC EHC) is a surveillance and treatment program for a diverse population of community members (“Survivors”), including local residents and workers, present in the NYC disaster area on 9/11 or in the days or weeks following. We report a case series of cancers identified in the WTC EHC as of 31 December 2019. Descriptive characteristics are presented for 2561 cancer patients (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and 5377 non-cancer WTC-EHC participants who signed informed consent. We identified a total of 2999 cancer diagnoses in 2561 patients: 2534 solid tumors (84.5%) and 465 lymphoid and hematopoietic tissue cancers (15.5%) with forty-one different cancer types. We describe the distribution, frequency, median age of cancer diagnosis and median latency from 9/11 by cancer site. In addition to common cancer types, rare cancers, including male breast cancers and mesotheliomas have been identified. The current study is the first report on cancer characteristics of enrollees at WTC EHC, a federally designated treatment and surveillance program for local community members affected by the 9/11 terrorist attack on the WTC.

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  • Nedim Durmus & Yongzhao Shao & Alan A. Arslan & Yian Zhang & Sultan Pehlivan & Maria-Elena Fernandez-Beros & Lisette Umana & Rachel Corona & Sheila Smyth-Giambanco & Sharon A. Abbott & Joan Reibman, 2020. "Characteristics of Cancer Patients in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:19:p:7190-:d:422415
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    5. Elaine Shum & Nedim Durmus & Sultan Pehlivan & Yuting Lu & Yian Zhang & Alan A. Arslan & Yongzhao Shao & Joan Reibman, 2022. "Characteristics of Women with Lung Adenocarcinoma in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-10, June.
    6. Rebecca Lynn Florsheim & Qiao Zhang & Nedim Durmus & Yian Zhang & Sultan Pehlivan & Alan A. Arslan & Yongzhao Shao & Joan Reibman, 2022. "Characteristics of Cancers in Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster at a Young Age," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-17, November.
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    8. Alan A. Arslan & Yian Zhang & Nedim Durmus & Sultan Pehlivan & Adrienne Addessi & Freya Schnabel & Yongzhao Shao & Joan Reibman, 2021. "Breast Cancer Characteristics in the Population of Survivors Participating in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center Program 2002–2019," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-11, July.
    9. Nedim Durmus & Sultan Pehlivan & Yian Zhang & Yongzhao Shao & Alan A. Arslan & Rachel Corona & Ian Henderson & Daniel H. Sterman & Joan Reibman, 2021. "Lung Cancer Characteristics in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-14, March.
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