List of cancer clusters

This is a list of cancer clusters. A cancer cluster is a statistical event, which may or may not have a cause other than chance. There are other cancer clusters that occur without any obvious source of carcinogens.

North AmericaDateDiseaseLocationNumber of casesCauseReferences 1917–1927 Osteosarcoma New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois 86 Radium 1938–1971 Adenocarcinoma U.S. 750 Diethylstilbestrol ?–2018 Various cancers St. Louis, Missouri 56 Uranium 1967–1973 Liver angiosarcoma (Hemangiosarcoma) Louisville, Kentucky 4 Vinyl chloride monomer 1968–1995 Leukemia, Lymphoma Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 13 Trichloroethylene1,2-DichloroethyleneTetrachloroethyleneMethylene chlorideVinyl chloride 1979–1996 Brain, CNS cancer Toms River, New Jersey 90+ SAN trimerStyreneAcrylonitrile 1973–1986 Leukemia Woburn, Massachusetts 21 Chloroform Tetrachloroethylene Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethene Arsenic 1982–1984 Testicular cancer Fulton County, New York 3 Dimethylformamide (DMF)2-Ethoxyethanol2-Ethoxyethyl acetate2-Butoxyethanol 1987–1999 Brain cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma Wilmington, Massachusetts 20 UnknownN-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) 1993–2008 Childhood brain cancer, brain tumors, colon cancer, anal cancer, rectal cancer, breast cancer. Also nervous system damaged. The Acreage, Florida Unknown UnknownSome have linked it to a nearby Pratt and Whitney, Beach Aggregates, and the Florida crystals. 1997–2002 Leukemia, rhabdomyosarcoma Fallon, Nevada 17 UnknownTungstenArsenicChlorpyrifosDichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE)Benzene in jet fuel 1996–2013 Leukemia, brain tumors, lymphoma, other forms Clyde, Ohio36, mostly children Unknown 1953–2010 Wide range of cancers Shannon, Quebec 400 Trichloroethylene 2009-2024Wide range of cancers, predominantly breast cancerRaleigh, NC99Aroclor 1262, a commercial mixture of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds37 EuropeDateDiseaseLocationNumber of casesCauseReferences 1968–1995 Leukemia Seascale, Sellafield, England 9 UnsureStudies indicate a correlation with paternal preconceptional irradiation (PPI) 1978–1993 Leukemia La Hague, Normandy, France 27 UnknownSpeculated to be tritium 1980s Leukemia, brain tumors East Yorkshire, England 13 Polonium-210, lead, arsenic and other metal emitter; unproven link to Capper Pass tin smelter in MeltonSources: 1990–2005 Leukemia Elbmarsch, Lower Saxony and Krümmel (Kruemmel), Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany 16 UnknownSpeculated to be actinide, especially plutonium-241 of unknown origin that was found in the area or tritium from a nearby nuclear power plant IndiaDateDiseaseLocationNumber of casesCauseReferences mid 1980s Skin lesions, arsenicosis West Bengal, India UnknownArsenic

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External links List of known cancer clusters in the U.S.A.