Experts share information on cancer cluster in Tamaqua area
http://republicanherald.com/news/experts-share-information-on-cancer-cluster-in-tamaqua-area-1.1162746 By MIA LIGHT (Staff Writermlight@standardspeaker.com) Published: June 16, 2011 TAMAQUA – Research continues into the high incidence of a rare cancer called polycythemia vera in Schuylkill, Carbon and Luzerne counties near Tamaqua and McAdoo. A panel of public health officials met Wednesday at the Tamaqua Community Center to provide a public update on the… Read more
Researchers will discuss polycythemia vera progress
http://standardspeaker.com/news/researchers-will-discuss-polycythemia-vera-progress-1.1161276 Published: June 14, 2011 Researchers on Wednesday will discuss progress on studies begun after they detected a blood-cancer cluster in the region. The meeting at 6 p.m. in the Tamaqua Community Center, 223 Center St., will bring together researchers from two universities, two state agencies and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease… Read more
No common ground found on cancer ‘cluster’
http://citizensvoice.com/news/no-common-ground-found-on-cancer-cluster-1.1152060#axzz1NN3RonoJ By Andrew Staub (Staff Writer) Published: May 25, 2011 PITTSTON – To prove the existence of a cancer cluster near the Butler Mine Tunnel, residents arrived at a city school on Tuesday armed with anecdotal evidence – exhibits like a bald head hidden under a ball cap, scars from medical treatments and stories of… Read more
PA Department of Health Announces Blood Disorder Study in Southwestern Pennsylvania
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/department-of-health-announces-blood-disorder-study-in-southwestern-pennsylvania-97667524.html Department of Health Announces Blood Disorder Study in Southwestern Pennsylvania Residents with Polycythemia Vera in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset Counties Encouraged to Participate HARRISBURG, Pa., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced a new, federally-funded study on the blood disorder Polycythemia vera, or PV, in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and… Read more
