Resources

On this page you can find useful information about cancer clusters by the following categories:

General Cancer Resources

• The American Cancer Societyexternal icon
  Provides information on cancer (including cancer clusters), research, and services.
• CDC’s Cancer Prevention and Control Program
  Provides calculation and analysis of cancer incidence rates upon special request.
• The National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute (NCI)external icon
  Conducts extensive cancer research activities and provides educational materials for the public.

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Information on cancer and environmental exposures

• NCI’s Cancer Cluster Web siteexternal icon
  Provides general background information on cancer clusters and the available resources related to investigating or researching incidence of cancer. NCI provides specific information on their role in conducting routine surveillance studies of cancer incidence. NCI analyzes variations in cancer trends, including the frequency, distribution, and patterns of cancer in groups of people. These analyses may reveal patterns of cancer in specific populations and identify changes that may warrant investigation.In addition, NCI provides resources that allow users to visualize cancer trends by geographic location.
  • NCI Cancer Atlasexternal icon allows users to create maps of cancer statistics, demographics, and risk factorsexternal icon.
  • The joint NCI-CDC State Cancer Profiles websiteexternal icon provides interactive maps to visualize cancer statistics by states and counties.
• The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)external icon
  Provides information about environment-related diseases and health risks, such as electromagnetic fields and cancer.
  • Report on Carcinogensexternal icon
    Produced by NIEHS every other year, this report contains an extensive list of chemicals that cause cancer as well as many other toxicology reports
• CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  Provide information about exposures in the workplace known or suspected to cause cancer. NIOSH also responds to requests from employers, union representatives, or employees to evaluate potentially hazardous working conditions, including suspected cancer clusters.

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Tools

• 2013 Cancer Cluster Guidelines
• Cancer Cluster Communication Toolkitexternal icon
• State Cancer Profilesexternal icon
• Environmental Public Health Tracking
• EPA My Environment siteexternal icon

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