ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014
Cancer cluster investigations: review of the past and proposals for the future.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Spatial-Temporal Cluster Analysis of Childhood Cancer in California.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2020Article
- Spatiotemporal network structure among "friends of friends" reveals contagious disease process.PloS one · 2020Article
- Environmental Influences on Mammographic Breast Density in California: A Strategy to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- A study of "cancer villages" in Jiangsu Province of China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Sequential tests for monitoring methods to detect elevated incidence - a simulation study.BMC cancer · 2018Article
- Childhood cancer in small geographical areas and proximity to air-polluting industries.Environmental research · 2017Article
- Two Suspected Worksite or Occupational Cancer Clusters Investigated Using the Cancer Data Registry and Multiple Primary Standardized Incidence Ratios in SEER *Stat-Idaho, 2013-2014.Journal of registry management · 2016Article
- Detection and investigation of temporal clusters of congenital anomaly in Europe: seven years of experience of the EUROCAT surveillance system.European journal of epidemiology · 2015Article
- Application of space-time disease clustering by administrative databases in Italy: Adverse Reproductive Outcomes (AROs) and residential exposure.Population health metrics · 2015Article
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12 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Residential clusters of non-communicable diseases are a source of enduring public concern, and at times, controversy. Many clusters reported to public health agencies by concerned citizens are accompanied by expectations that investigations will uncover a cause of disease. While goals, methods and conclusions of cluster studies are debated in the scientific literature and popular press, investigations of reported residential clusters rarely provide definitive answers about disease etiology. Further, it is inherently difficult to study a cluster for diseases with complex etiology and long latency (e.g., most cancers). Regardless, cluster investigations remain an important function of local, state and federal public health agencies. Challenges limiting the ability of cluster investigations to uncover causes for disease include the need to consider long latency, low statistical power of most analyses, uncertain definitions of cluster boundaries and population of interest, and in- and out-migration. A multi-disciplinary Workshop was held to discuss innovative and/or under-explored approaches to investigate cancer clusters. Several potentially fruitful paths forward are described, including modern methods of reconstructing residential history, improved approaches to analyzing spatial data, improved utilization of electronic data sources, advances using biomarkers of carcinogenesis, novel concepts for grouping cases, investigations of infectious etiology of cancer, and "omics" approaches.
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