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HERO ID

2188202

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

The Long Island breast cancer study project

Author(s)

Winn, DM

Year

2005

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Journal

Nature Reviews. Cancer
ISSN: 1474-175X
EISSN: 1474-1768

Volume

Issue

Page Numbers

986-994

Language

English

PMID

16341086

DOI

10.1038/nrc1755

Web of Science Id

WOS:000233774500017

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Abstract

In the early 1990s, breast cancer advocates petitioned the United States Congress to investigate the high rates of breast cancer on Long Island in the state of New York. The resulting law led to the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP) - more than ten research projects designed to study the possible causes of this increased incidence of cancer. This project reported that there was no evidence that environmental exposures were responsible. Controversial from its start, the LIBCSP has had an important role in efforts to understand the reasons for the high rates of breast cancer in some regions of the United States.