Published in the Asbury Park Press
By JEAN MIKLE
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
TOMS RIVER -- Interim results of a study of families whose children developed cancer will be discussed at tonight's meeting of the Citizens Action Committee on Childhood Cancer Cluster.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the second-floor meeting room at Dover Township's municipal building, 33 Washington St.
State health officials will discuss interim results of the massive epidemiological study, which included interviews of 40 families of children diagnosed with brain cancer, central nervous system cancer or leukemia while living in Dover from 1979 to 1996. Researchers also interviewed 159 control-group families.
The control group consists of families whose children did not develop cancer.
The epidemiological study seeks to explain why the incidence of certain cancers in Dover is higher than elsewhere. It will compare the lifestyles, personal histories and work experience of families whose children developed cancer with other families whose children did not develop the disease.
Researchers will use the data from the family interviews to look for variables that may be linked to childhood cancer.
The interim report is expected to focus on information such as occupation, family history and lifestyles. Information about possible environmental factors that could be connected to cancer development will be included in the final epidemiological report, which is slated for release in late summer or early fall 2000.
Source: Asbury Park Press
Published: December 13, 1999
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