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First time using an applet(AWT) within an ASP to access SQL Server 7 data.
My question has to do with the 'management' of the applet in the client browser
when a trip to the server is initiated(i.e. Submit) to perform an access,add,
mod, or delete. The ASP will be returned to the user with the respective
results(no redirect to another page). What I'm trying to eliminate is the
'flicker' when the client page is refreshed. I'm not using CORBA(may be the
next step) to perform the database interaction. All the the database processing
is being done thru ASP code when it gets back to the server. So, the idea
is to have the applet simply be refreshed with new data, confirmation msg,
etc without disappearring and reappearring.
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Facebook Thursday unveiled smartphone software that puts social-networking features front and center on a handset, stepping up efforts to boost sales of advertising on small screens.
The new software, which the company calls Home, makes it easier to access Facebook features — such as friends' photos, messages and status updates — on a smartphone's home screen, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said at an event in Menlo Park, Calif.
The application is available starting April 12 on Samsung Electronics and HTC phones that run Google's Android operating system.
Now that the majority of users access Facebook via mobile devices, Zuckerberg needs ways to keep them engaged longer while coaxing advertisers to pay to place promotions on small screens. The company is betting that handsets with Facebook-centric software will do a better job wooing users and marketers than current downloadable applications, Howe said.
"The problem with apps is they're a click away from wherever you are," said Carl Howe, an analyst at Yankee Group. "Facebook wants to remove that barrier."
HTC executives announced the HTC First device that will prominently feature Facebook's Home application. Ralph De La Vega, head of AT&T Inc.'s mobile business, said HTC First will run on his company's most advanced wireless network.
Home will have monthly updates, can be installed from Google Play, Google's online app store, and will be available on tablets in the coming months, Facebook said.
Facebook isn't building a smartphone or creating an operating system, Zuckerberg said.
Amazon.com uses a version of Android in the Kindle Fire tablet. In Amazon's case, that means bypassing Google's preloaded applications, such as Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube, which generate revenue for Google.
Software crafted by Facebook will more prominently display the social network on handsets and could challenge competitors such as Apple and Google for the attention of smartphone users, Howe said.
"They're not as mobile focused as Apple and Google are," Howe said in an interview. "They need to play catch up."
While the iPhone operating system is controlled exclusively by Apple, Google provides more flexibility with Android. Companies can take older versions of the software and customize it for their own services and preferences.
Zuckerberg has said he sees opportunities to push the company's features deeper into mobile devices. Already, Facebook, along with Twitter, has been built deeper into the latest version of Apple's software, enabling users to post easily to the social-networking service.
"I think people want it to be very integrated into all of the different devices that they have, and that's what we're going to focus on," Zuckerberg said on a call with analysts in January. "So, rather than just building an app that's a version of the functionality that you have today, I think making it so that we can just do — go deeper and deeper I think is going to be a big focus for us."
A new Facebook-enabled handset follows earlier forays into mobile devices for the social-networking service.
HTC began selling "ChaCha," an Android-based phone with a dedicated Facebook button to share music, photos and messages, in 2011. INQ Mobile Ltd. and Facebook that year also unveiled a phone with close integration of services, such as wall postings and photos.
While those devices have won over some die-hard Facebook fans, widespread adoption has been limited, according to Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Gartner Inc. A new Facebook handset may struggle to match the success of devices made by Apple or Samsung Electronics Co., which manufactures the Galaxy line of phones, she said.
"I don't think that Facebook as a brand will necessarily get consumers — that are your average Facebook users — to pick out that phone over a Galaxy or an iPhone," she said.
After a 31 percent decline in Facebook's shares since an initial public offering in May, through yesterday, investors are looking for signs that the company can extract more ad dollars from promotions on mobile phones. The number of daily Facebook users on desktops and laptops fell in the fourth quarter as the portion of members on mobile devices increased, regulatory filings show.
Facebook's nascent mobile-ad service, started in March 2012, isn't helping the company gain market share in the U.S., according to EMarketer Inc. Facebook is projected to grab 12 percent of the market in 2015, down from 13 percent this year, EMarketer said. Over the same period, Google's stake will climb about two percentage points to 57 percent.
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Thanks for all the Fish…on October 8, 2013 at 9:11 am
So remember a long time ago when I mentioned that big things were going to happen with the site? Well, they finally did.
Today is my first day as a blogger on Popular Science's brand new blog network, and I'm terrified. Sadly, this means that today is my last day as a blogger here at sci-ence.org. From here until the foreseeable future, this site will be no more than an archive. An ode to nearly 3 years of independent science blogging and comic nonsense. All that said, I am very excited to join the crew over at PopSci—many of them friends and acquaintances of mine. I'm also extremely thankful to the editorial staff for allowing this loose cannon, pitchur drawin', irreverent son of a gun to join their team.
Without further ado, a FAQ.
When did this happen?
Last year around this time, I was approached by PopSci's projects editor, Dave Mosher, about joining their upcoming blog network. I very enthusiastically accepted.
Was it because of Strip Search?
No, this was way before Strip Search, which is awesome. Though it gives you a sense of how long this has been in the works.
I don't know how attached you all are to "Sci-ənce", but I was done with it a long time ago. When I first launched the site, I loved it. It was weird. I still get a kick out of telling people about it:
"I draw a comic about science."
"What's it called?"
Unfortunately, what would happen more often is this:
"Oh you're that guy who draws that comic, 'Sci' (immeasurable pause) 'ence', right?"
"It's just 'science'…"
It was an SEO nightmare, it didn't pass the radio test, and I got tired of copy/pasting schwas for promotional material. As soon as the details were set with PopSci, I knew I was renaming the comic. I chose boxplot because it's a scientific/statistical form of data visualization—which is what I do. I visualize science. On a more literal level, what are comics if not boxed plots, right? Brilliant.
Who else is there?
You may recognize quite a few names on the list of contributors.
So what now?
Now I keep drawing comics like I was doing before. Nothing changes there. I hope that my game will be stepped up, but in the end, it's just sci-ənce with a new name.
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Sailors Tweeting Navy's $130 Million Version Of Twitter 'Sux Ballz'
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of Sailors beta testing the Navy's new, $130 million attempt at a digitally secure version of Twitter have been tweeting that the app apparently "sux ballz."
Dubbed Scuttlebutt!, the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet's (NMCI) new site has been receiving non-stop criticism on Twitter from the very Sailors whom the sea service has been hoping to attract since launching its own microblogging application in late March.
"Just tried @scuttlebutt! and it sux ballz," Twitter user @daveybonez, who was later identified as Scuttlebutt! beta tester Seaman David Rodwell, tweeted last Tuesday.
"100% agree new site @Scuttlebutt! eats ass," Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica Murphy commented during her retweet of Rodwell's original complaint.
Rodwell and Murphy are not alone in their frustration, as data compiled from the survey found that 85 percent of Scuttlebutt! testers described the application as "too slow", "frustrating", and "about as much fun as assembling a bed from Ikea, but with way more steps."
Chief among the complaints was the difficulty the Sailors had in "scuttling" mass messages to their friends (or "mateys") due to all of the security measures they first had to get through.
"I can't believe they expect you to hook a CAC reader up to your phone," said Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Veronica Eastleng, who experienced difficulty navigating all of the steps required before a Scuttlebutt! user can eventually send a message to a matey.
"Once I finally got the CAC to work, and I remembered my password, and I verified all my certificates," Eastleng added, "my iPhone said it didn't trust the Scuttlebutt! app. What the hell?"
Eastleng feels the numerous steps that users must take just to send out a short message on Scuttlebutt! defeats the entire purpose of microblogging.
"Social media shouldn't be about having to think about 'security patches', or 'certificates', or 'privacy'," Eastleng said. "It should just be about instantly getting your thoughts out to the world before forgetting what you think you mean to say."
Unfortunately for the Navy and NMCI, Sailors aren't the only ones giving negative feedback. Many members of Congress are questioning how it could cost an estimated $132 million to develop a cell phone app that, on its face, looks as if it could have been designed by a tech-savvy teenager tinkering on a low-grade personal computer.
"To burn through that much taxpayer money on such an unnecessary and insignificant program during times of financial austerity is unconscionable," said Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee. "Were there a hashtag for this new program, it would be #fraudwasteandabuse."
Hunter is calling for an independent audit into how NMCI spent each dollar used to develop Scuttlebutt!
While the Navy was unwilling to have a representative go on record to address all of the criticism being hurled at the app, NMCI did release a brief statement to the media in its defense.
"We at NMCI have full faith in Scuttlebutt! and are confident that, much like Navy Knowledge Online, this groundbreaking program will eventually become extremely popular and beloved by our Sailors," the statement read.
The statement also goes on to say that development is already underway on a new, photo-based social media application similar to the wildly-popular Instagram.
"This secure, cutting-edge application," the statement reads, "will allow Sailors to shoot and caption photos on their phones, and then instantly transmit those photos to whomever the Sailor wishes … pending review by proper release authorities, of course."
Duffel Blog attempted to get clarification on NMCI's statement by reaching out via Scuttlebutt!, but the site was down at press time.
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Meet the woman who got a kidney transplant from an infantryman and woke up craving Monster and Skoal
CARMEL, Ind. – Third grade teacher Kasie Spyker woke up after a long-awaited kidney transplant dying for a cold Monster and fresh can of Skoal after receiving an organ from an infantryman, sources at Methodist Hospital confirmed today.
Spyker, who had been suffering from lupus and on a strict diet of fresh foods her entire life, had never tried any of Monster's products before the life-saving surgery.
"I'd heard from other patients in the transplant ward that they felt different after the transplant." Said Spyker. "For David, he got a lung transplant from a marathoner and suddenly wanted to go running. I got a kidney from an infantryman, and suddenly wanted to pack a fat lip."
Spyker's friends and family had raised over $20,000 to help pay for the transplant surgery and recovery. They were thrilled to learn that she'd be getting a kidney from a young infantryman at the peak of physical fitness after he died suddenly in a freak motorcycle airbrushing accident. They now hope to raise money for the Dodge Charger payments the soldier left behind.
"I feel like a new woman," said Spyker, drawing out a fresh new tattoo to commemorate the transplant. "I'm so thankful for this new lease on life. I can't wait until I'm out of this hospital gown and can go buy some new affliction t-shirts and axe body spray."
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Charles 'Wide Neck' McDowell leads USO Tour request voting
ARLINGTON, Va. — After weeks of neck-and-neck voting, Charles "Wide Neck" McDowell has pulled ahead of adult film actress Riley Reid as the most requested USO star for an upcoming international tour, sources confirmed today.
Service members from throughout the military placed more than 645,000 votes for McDowell and 320,000 for Reid this month following McDowell's fame after his mugshot went viral.
"This is the kind of guy that everyone has necks-level love for," commented Andrew Green, a specialist with the 82nd Airborne Division. "Soldiers across the world are coming together and neckworking to bring this god to bless our troops and potentially end racism."
Though the voting does play a large role for the USO in selecting and funding the star, many more factors come into play before booking can actually begin.
"We sent someone down to Charles' neck of the woods in Florida where he is currently training for his MMA debut. But despite his schedule he seemed interested, and we will discuss more necks week," said Robert Hales, booking agent for the USO.
Hales did show some hesitation about bringing McDowell along for the European and Middle East tour starting next March.
"I want to give the troops what they have requested, but they're in for a shock as soon as they see his neck is normal and his head is just tiny," he said.
Reid volunteered to go on the tour for free if McDowell decided to attend.
"No lie, wide neck, a go pro, and me could trade his 15 min of fame to 15 min of bliss," she tweeted.
Florida authorities have also voiced their full-throated support for McDowell to give back to the troops, offering to count it as community service and allowing him to travel internationally. Currently out on bail, McDowell has been capitalizing on his fame by appearing on MTV's show "Necks," singing in a feature of Ariana Grande's "Thank You, Necks" hit song, and swallowing watermelons whole for five dollars in Orlando. Hopes are Ol' Saint Neck could travel by Christmas.
Navy pranks Army with 17 years of sustained land-based combat just before Army-Navy game
PHILADELPHIA — Midshipmen carried on a long tradition of friendly hijinks just before their collegiate rivalry game by pranking Army with 17 years of sustained land-based combat to just "get in their heads" before the big game today.
"We thought, what if these guys who aren't old enough to drink figure out they've dedicated their futures to sprawling forever wars?" said Midshipman Michael Nelson, the senior leading the prank. "Who could mimic the tactics of war for screaming football fans? Once they hold the knowledge that blood and sacrifice will never accomplish the political ends we call victory, they'll never be able to focus on the game. Navy Wins! Dude, we pwned them good."
"Plus, after that thing with the Air Force Falcon, we didn't want to touch animals." added Nelson.
Nelson got the idea for the hilarious prank while making an Army-Navy rivalry video in his room in Bancroft Hall.
"We ran out of gay jokes, and I was thinking about getting stationed in Oahu with my hot first wife while West Point's players were going to be leading pointless presence patrols on a route called futility. That's when I realized that it was the perfect prank!" he said.
Darnell Woolfolk, West Point's starting running back, fell victim to the hijinks late Friday night when his roommate's sort of hot cousin called. Little did he know she was working for Team Navy and would subtly let him know that win or lose, he could look forward to multiple rotations in the same wars his father fought.
"I was really pumped up for the game." Said Woolfolk. "I was listening to Future and thinking about crushing Navy. Then I slowly started thinking about the sacrifices I was making for an American populace that grows further disconnected and disinterested in what we say we're fighting for. I immediately snuck into Washington Hall to eat spaghetti on ice cream from our special athlete refrigerators."
"It doesn't matter," Woolfolk added, staring into an existential void of multiple deployments, football-induced brain injuries, and strawberry ice cream. "None of it matters anymore."
As a battered copy of the 'The Quaker Guide to Gaining Conscientious Objector Status" circulated around the student section of Lincoln Financial Field, West Point's Corps of Cadets fought back in the healthy spirit of inter-service rivalry by reminding the Brigade of Midshipmen that soon, they'd be wearing an Army uniform and calling themselves "sand sailors" no matter how many aircraft carriers Congress to gave them.
The practical joke strategy worked so well that Navy plans to get in conference rival Tulane's head by reminding them about the crippling interest rate on student loan debt and the chances of finding job after graduation.
Zip-tied Somali pirates bet on how many SEAL memoirs they'll be in
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Four zip-tied Somali nationals placed bets on how many Navy SEAL memoirs they would be featured in, according to three SEAL memoirs already published since yesterday's stand-off.
"Three shots in the dark, and the sacred rite of warfare had ended," read one description of the mission in 2nd Class Petty Officer Jim MacDonald's memoir "After Action: Hindsight through NVGs." "It was a scene that has played out countless times in history: a little boat rocking in the moonlight that was like the gaze of Valhalla, a band of pirates arguing heatedly about how many airport bookstores would carry ghostwritten accounts of their capture."
Another account of the event appeared in 2nd Class Petty Officer Joe Silvo's "No Fear: Lessons on Hard Core Leadership for Market Uncertainty."
"Hard core leaders eat accountability for breakfast," read the opening paragraph of Chapter One: Hard Core Competencies. "But it can also make even the hardest core leaders feel vulnerable. For instance, when a band of pirates ridiculed me to tears as shameless self-promoter who would disgrace the Navy by cashing in on the prestige of the SEAL name to sell schlock to corporate executives, I almost didn't ask them for a quote for this book."
The betting took place after SEAL snipers killed three armed pirates who had taken an American oil tanker crew hostage in a small boat in the Gulf of Aden. Four Somalis were left to contemplate their fates as the SEALs moved in.
"As the bow of our boat parted the mist, we heard groans of agony rising from the pirate's dinghy," recalled Chief Petty Officer Ruben Martinez in "Crunch Time: Navy SEAL Secrets to Rock-Hard Abs."
"Prepared for an ugly scene, we were surprised to find the pirates alert and unharmed, resigned to the fact that they would be reduced to two-dimensional caricatures in the many, many books that would be written about this non-event."
The captives were driven to piracy by social and environmental forces that were out of their control, which should be considered when depicting them in film or literature, according to screenwriter Katherine Heller who designed the memoir-writing phase of SEAL Qualification Training.
"Picture a community devastated by war, disease, starvation, and neglect, and drop it right at the edge of the sea," she told a class Wednesday, underlining "Raise The Stakes" on a chalkboard. "It's the brutal friction between these two realities — the barbarity of man, the endlessness mystery of the raging ocean — that wrought these charact … I mean, survivors, and drove them to confrontation with the most hardened killers in the US military."
"This is 'Lone Survivor'-level sales for anyone who does it right," she added.
As Duffel Blog went to press, the four as-yet unnamed men were en route to a holding facility in Norfolk, Virginia, where they will face a grueling schedule of interviews by the hundreds of SEALs currently writing memoirs.
Level 63 Paladin granted religious exemption to grow neckbeard
FORT MEADE, Md. – A sailor successfully petitioned for unrestrained growth of his facial hair on the grounds of religious expression, sources aboard Cryptologic Warfare Group Six revealed today.
The Navy's controversial determination allows the pious sailor to keep with his World of Warcraft (WoW) faith as a devoted servant of the Holy Light and follows closely on the heels of a recent decision by the Air Force granting a Muslim airman the right to wear a beard.
"Lo, a glorious day for Azeroth, indeed, that I might champion the cause of my brothers," declared local holy warrior, Quest4Cameltō, squeezing one of the many pustular follicles erupting from the pubescent tangle of greasy, unkempt hair below his chins.
Quest4Cameltō, a paladin from the holdfast of Stromgarde, goes by the title of Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Seaman Kevin Dietrich in the material world and practices the foreign tongue of ancient Mesopotamia, providing translations and intelligence reports for further analysis.
"Alas, please refrain from addressing me as such," the godly knight requested. "Verily, I am but a lowly Level 3 peon amongst the uniformed ranks of the Navy, but here," he said, with a sweeping gesture towards his two, 32-inch 4K UHD monitors, "Here, I am a mighty Level 63 guardian of justice, smiting the wicked and dealing swift retribution to the minions of the Burning Legion."
WoW is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game worshiped by many sailors and members of the intelligence community. Practicers assume alternate identities as mighty heroes and intrepidly embark on mystical quests with friends and strangers in the pursuit of loot and experience points.
"This is my life," said Dietrich, proudly sporting the facial hair customary to males of his order.
Grooming standards have prohibited sailors from growing beards since 1984, although medical exemptions have been granted on a case-by-case basis for sailors afflicted with pseudofolliculitis barbae — colloquially known as "razor bumps." The relentless and unforgiving skin condition predominantly affects Black Americans and service members who deliberately shave against the grain in order to obtain a no-shave chit.
Dietrich had long fought to rectify the injustices the Navy levied against his religious beliefs, according to colleagues, and ultimately resorted to filing a grievance under the Equal Opportunity Program.
"Who am I to stand between a man-child and his god?" asked Gerald Housemann, inspector general for U.S. Fleet Cyber Command. "These determinations must be divined by powers greater than mine own."
The resplendent paladin's case is the latest in a flurry of efforts by the Navy to relax grooming standards, including permission for male and female sailors to wear their hair in man-buns and ponytails.
As the quest for unchecked religious equality presses on, Dietrich was spotted at medical seeking exemption from the Body Composition Assessment.
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Air Force can't figure out why sailor would spend $1,280 on tattoo
WASHINGTON — A visibly annoyed Air Force called a sailor's decision to pay for a full-sleeve tattoo financially irresponsible, adding with just a hint of disdain that this sort of extravagant spending is to blame for the Defense Department's slew of budgetary woes, sources confirmed today.
"One thousand, two hundred and eighty dollars for some body art?" scoffed Air Force. "What a waste! Think of all the golf balls you could buy."
"At least two, maybe three," the fiscally-sensible service surmised. "Certainly no more than three."
The Air Force's steadfast reputation among the military for doing more with less is rooted in its proud history of battling fraud, waste and abuse.
The sailor in question, Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Michael Parker, recently had the finishing touches added to an intricate sprawl of nautically-themed tattoos covering the entirety of his right arm.
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Espaço de publicação e discussão sobre oncologia. GBM IMMUNOTHERAPY ONCO-VIRUS ONCOLOGY CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY RADIOTHERAPY
June 22, 2015
A cancer cluster is the occurrence of a greater than expected number of cancer cases among a group of people in a defined geographic area over a specific time period. A cancer cluster may be suspected when people report that several family members, friends, neighbors, or coworkers have been diagnosed with the same or related types of cancer.
Cancer clusters can help scientists identify cancer-causing substances in the environment. For example, in the early 1970s, a cluster of cases of angiosarcoma of the liver, a rare cancer, was detected among workers in a chemical plant. Further investigation showed that the workers were all exposed to vinyl chloride and that workers in other plants that used vinyl chloride also had an increased rate of angiosarcoma of the liver. Exposure to vinyl chloride is now known to be a major risk factor for angiosarcoma of the liver.
However, most suspected cancer clusters turn out, on detailed investigation, not to be true cancer clusters. That is, no cause can be identified, and the clustering of cases turns out to be a random occurrence.
Concerned individuals can contact their local or state health department to report a suspected cancer cluster or to find out if one is being investigated. Health departments provide the first response to questions about cancer clusters because they, together with state cancer registries, will have the most up-to-date data on cancer incidence in the area. If additional resources are needed to investigate a suspected cancer cluster, the state health department may request assistance from federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), which is part of the CDC.
The CDC website provides links to state and local health departments. These agencies may also be listed in the blue pages of government listings in telephone books.
Although NCI does not lead investigations of individual cancer clusters, NCI researchers and staff may provide assistance to other investigative agencies as needed. In addition, scientists at NCI and researchers who are funded by NCI analyze variations in cancer trends, including the frequency, distribution, and patterns of cancer in groups of people. These analyses can detect patterns of cancer in specific populations. For example, NCI's Cancer Mortality Maps website uses data on deaths from the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the CDC, and population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau to provide dynamically generated maps that show geographic patterns of cancer death rates throughout the United States.
Health departments use established criteria to investigate reports of cancer clusters. The Centers for Disease Control and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists have released updated guidelines for investigating suspected cancer clusters and responding to community concerns (1).
As a first step, the investigating agency gathers information from the person who reported the suspected cancer cluster. The investigators ask for details about the suspected cluster, such as the types of cancer and number of cases of each type, the age of the people with cancer, and the area and time period over which the cancers were diagnosed. They also ask about specific environmental hazards or concerns in the affected area.
If the review of the findings from this initial investigation suggests the need for further evaluation, investigators then compare information about cases in the suspected cluster with records in the state cancer registry and census data.
If the second step reveals a statistically significant excess of cancer cases, the third step is to determine whether an epidemiologic study can be carried out to investigate whether the cluster is associated with risk factors in the local environment. Sometimes, even if there is a clear excess of cancer cases, it is not feasible to carry out further study—for example, if the total number of cases is very small.
Finally, if an epidemiologic study is feasible, the fourth step is to determine whether the cluster of cancer cases is associated with a suspect contaminant in the environment. Even if a possible association with an environmental contaminant is found, however, further studies would be needed to confirm that the environmental contaminant did cause the cluster.
Investigators face several challenges when determining whether a greater than expected number of cancer cases represents a cancer cluster.
Understanding the kind of cancers involved
To assess a suspected cancer cluster accurately, investigators must determine whether the type of cancer involved is a primary cancer (a cancer that is located in the original organ or tissue where the cancer started) or a cancer that has metastasized (spread) to another site in the body from the original tissue or organ where the cancer began (also called a secondary cancer). Investigators consider only the primary cancer when they investigate a suspected cancer cluster. A confirmed cancer cluster is more likely if it involves one type of cancer than if it involves multiple different cancer types. This is because most carcinogens in the environment cause only a specific cancer type rather than causing cancer in general.
Ascertaining the number of cancer cases in the suspected cluster
Many reported clusters include too few cancer cases for investigators to determine whether the number of cancer cases is statistically significantly greater than the expected number.
Determining statistical significance
To confirm the existence of a cluster, investigators must show that the number of cancer cases in the cluster is statistically significantly greater than the number of cancer cases expected given the age, sex, and racial distribution of the group of people who developed the disease. If the difference between the actual and expected number of cancer cases is statistically significant, the finding is unlikely to be the result of chance alone. However, it is important to keep in mind that even a statistically significant difference between actual and expected numbers of cases can arise by chance.
Determining the relevant population and geographic area
An important challenge in confirming a cancer cluster is accurately defining the group of people who should be considered potentially at risk of developing the specific cancer (typically the total number of people who live in a specific geographic area). When defining a cancer cluster, there can be a tendency to expand the geographic borders as additional cases of the suspected disease are discovered. However, if investigators define the borders of a cluster based on where they find cancer cases, they may alarm people about cancers that are not related to the suspected cluster. Instead, investigators first define the population and geographic area that is "at risk" and then identify cancer cases within those parameters.
A confirmed cancer cluster—that is, a finding of a statistically significant excess of cancers—may not be the result of any single external cause or hazard (also called an exposure). A cancer cluster could be the result of chance, an error in the calculation of the expected number of cancer cases, differences in how cancer cases were classified, or a known cause of cancer, such as smoking. Even if a cluster is confirmed, it can be very difficult to identify the cause. People move in and out of a geographic area over time, which can make it difficult for investigators to identify hazards or potential carcinogens to which they may have been exposed and to obtain medical records to confirm the diagnosis of cancer. Also, it typically takes a long time for cancer to develop, and any relevant exposure may have occurred in the past or in a different geographic area from where the cancer was diagnosed.
|Where can people get more information about cancer clusters?
In addition to state and local health departments and cancer registries, the following agencies may have more information about cancer clusters.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC's ATSDR conducts public health assessments of potentially hazardous waste sites, performs health consultations on specific hazardous substances, designs and conducts health surveillance programs, and provides education and training about hazardous substances. Information about public health assessments conducted by ATSDR can be found on its Public Health Assessments and Health Consultations page. Reports can be searched by state or U.S. territory. Contact information for ATSDR regional offices is available online.
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC's NCEH works to promote healthy and safe environments and prevent harmful exposures. The NCEH website includes general information about cancer clusters, links to resources, and answers to frequently asked questions.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Branch
Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The HHE Program of CDC's NIOSH investigates potentially hazardous working conditions, including suspected cancer clusters. Employees, authorized employee representatives, and employers can request these evaluations. HHE reports are available on the NIOSH website.
Office of Occupational Medicine
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
U.S. Department of Labor
OSHA's Office of Occupational Medicine performs workplace-related case evaluations and cluster investigations, including medical record reviews, employee interviews, and medical screening activities.
Selected References
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Investigating Suspected Cancer Clusters and Responding to Community Concerns: Guidelines from CDC and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2013;62(RR08):1-14. [PubMed Abstract]
Source: National Cancer Institute.
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