Cancer survival among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers: A collaborative cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

World Trade Center (WTC)-exposed responders may be eligible to receive no-cost medical monitoring and treatment for certified conditions, including cancer. The survival of responders with cancer has not previously been investigated.

Methods

This study compared the estimated relative survival of WTC-exposed responders who developed cancer while enrolled in two WTC medical monitoring and treatment programs in New York City (WTC-MMTP responders) and WTC-exposed responders not enrolled (WTC-non-MMTP responders) to non-responders from New York State (NYS-non-responders), all restricted to the 11-southernmost NYS counties, where most responders resided. Parametric survival models estimated cancer-specific and all-cause mortality. Follow-up ended at death or on December

SUBMITTER: Goldfarb DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8515734 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature