| In 2001, residents of Sierra Vista reported an elevated number
of child leukemia cases. In response, the Arizona Cancer Registry (ACR)
accelerated the ascertainment of cases from that area. The ADHS report contains
the ACR analysis of the count and incidence rate of cases from that southeast
Arizona town. At the request of the Cochise County Health Department, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted biosampling of local
residents to determine whether there is evidence of current exposures to
environmental factors that might be of concern now. Some case children and their
families and comparison families participated in the sampling. The measured
values also were compared to the recent National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey. Note particularly the intriguing finding about the SUOX
gene.
ADHS Report
Sierra Vista
Child Leukemia Assessment: 2006 Update. December 1, 2006.
CDC Report
Biosampling Case Children with Leukemia
(Acute Lymphocytic and Acute Myelocytic Leukemia) and a Reference Population in
Sierra Vista, Arizona. November 30, 2006.
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