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A group of three Long Island communities was found to have high rates of several forms of cancer, which were identified in a special initiative that had been initiated by the governor, officials said Thursday. 39; State.
Centereach, Farmingville, and Selden in Suffolk County Revealed to Have Statistically Significant Rates of Leukemia, Bladder, Lung Cancer, and Thyroid, According to New York State Cancer Data Studies Registry
. New York cancer record for the last 75 years, is a database of demographic, diagnostic and cancer prevalence. All cases of cancer that are diagnosed in the state are reported to the registry. A public meeting on the new results of Long Island will be held from 19:00. at 9:00 pm on July 17th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Stony Brook.
"Our cancer registry scientists have completed their mapping," said Brad Hutton, deputy commissioner of the National Office of Public Health. He said that state researchers have assessed the number of cancers that would occur depending on the regional population. Next, they compared this total with the actual number of cancers diagnosed in the region. State researchers were able to report high regional rates when the actual number of cancers outnumbered those expected, Hutton said.
The complete statistical details on the specific number of each form of cancer in the three communities were not The data to be presented relate to the mapping phase of the state investigation, showing which cancer forms are high and where these cancers are clustered. Additional research will deepen the data to add context to current results, but will examine other critical criteria to better understand why some forms of cancer are elevated in specific regions.
"We will undertake an investigation to find hypotheses"
