Determination on Adding Cancer, or a Certain Type of Cancer, to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of the "First Periodic Review of Scientific and Medical Evidence Related to Cancer for the World Trade Center Health Program." The Review can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ topics/wtc/prc/prc-1.html. Background: The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-347), Title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act, 124 Stat. 3623 (codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm-300mm-61) requires in Section 300mm-22(a)(5)(A) that the Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program "periodically conduct a review of all available scientific and medical evidence, including findings and recommendations of Clinical Centers of Excellence, published in peer- reviewed journals to determine if, based on such evidence, cancer or a certain type of cancer should be added to the applicable list of WTC- related health conditions." The first periodic Review of Cancer provides a summary of the current scientific and medical findings in the peer-reviewed literature about exposures resulting from the September 11, 2001 terrorist att