WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH EFFECTS

From: Member Stu Weisbaum

Federal Register Notice: Addition of Certain Types of Cancer to List of WTC-Related Health Conditions What cancer(s) is the Administrator proposing to add to the list of the conditions of the World Trade Center Health Program?  

The Administrator is proposing to add the following types of cancers: 

Malignant neoplasms of the lip, tongue, salivary gland, floor of mouth, gum and other mouth, tonsil, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and other oral cavity and pharynx; nasopharynx; nose, nasal cavity, middle ear and accessory sinuses; larynx; esophagus; stomach; colon and rectum; liver and intrahepatic bile duct; retroperitoneum, peritoneum, omentum and mesentery

Malignant neoplasms of the trachea; bronchus and lung; heart, mediastinum and pleura; and other ill-defined sites in the respiratory system and intrathoracic organs; soft tissues (sarcomas); skin (melanoma and non-melanoma), including scrotal cancer; breast; ovary; urinary bladder; kidney; of renal pelvis, ureter and other urinary organs ; eye and orbit; thyroid; blood and lymphoid tissues (including, but not limited to, lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma) 

 Childhood cancers; Rare cancers; Mesothelioma