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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2018

Head and neck cancers associated with exposure to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks.

Jonathan E Leeman, Sean M McBride, Daniel Spielsinger, Eric J Sherman, Richard Wong, Nadeem Riaz, Nancy Y Lee, Chiaojung Jillian Tsai

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Article in International journal of cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Characteristics of Cancers in Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster at a Young Age.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  2. Characteristics of Women with Lung Adenocarcinoma in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  3. Characteristics of Cancer Patients in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  6. Head and Neck Cancer in World Trade Center Responders: A Case Series.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jonathan E LeemanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.ORCID 0000-0003-4539-0762
Sean M McBrideDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.
Daniel SpielsingerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.
Eric J ShermanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.
Richard WongDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.
Nadeem RiazDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.
Nancy Y LeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.
Chiaojung Jillian TsaiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure at the World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist collapse site on September 11, 2001 has been associated with increased cancer risk, though observational studies have identified very few cases of head and neck cancer (HNC) in exposed individuals. Eighty seven patients were identified who presented to our institution with HNC diagnosed from 2002 to 2017 who reported WTC exposure. The annual number and proportion of WTC-exposed HNC patients has been steadily increasing since 2002, with most cancers developing >10 years following the event. Furthermore, WTC-exposed patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive OPC experienced significantly inferior outcomes compared with non-WTC exposed patients with HPV+ OPC (disease free survival 80.1% vs. 65.6% at 4 years, p = 0.04). This single institution study cannot establish evidence of exposure-mediated causation but higher recurrence rates in the WTC-exposed HPV+ OPC population suggest a treatment refractory tumor biology and possible exposure synergism with HPV-mediated oncogenesis.

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September 11 Terrorist AttacksAdultAgedCarcinomaDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPapillomavirus Infectionshead and neck cancerHPVradiotherapyWorld Trade Center

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PMID29368332
PMCPMC5908749

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