[CPEO-MEF] Cape Cod (MA) cancer cluster

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State pushed to continue cancer testing

By Robin Lord
Cape Cod Times (MA)
December 24, 2007

The man who convinced the state health department to look into elevated 
rates of a rare bone cancer on Cape Cod says they should press on to 
find the cause, now that Pave PAWS has been dismissed as a possible link.

Bernard Young, whose 22-year-old daughter Holly was diagnosed with 
Ewing's sarcoma three years ago, said while he and DPH officials differ 
over some things, they agree that more research is needed.

"As tragic as this situation is, we need to get to the bottom of it, 
because this will probably define the first-known risk factor for 
Ewing's sarcoma," he said last week.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071224/NEWS/712240311

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Lenny Siegel
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