Thursday, March 15, 2012

More cancers, but with no single cause

Could Marquette Park be a dangerous area?

My 9-year-old daughter had surgery for a tumor that thankfullyturned out benign. Since then, I've been hearing of an alarmingnumber of people, young and old, in my neighborhood who do havecancer.

Could this phenomenon be connected with industrial firms aroundhere? WORRIED

A. Probably not, said Dr. Katherine Mallin, an epidemiolgist forthe Illinois Cancer Council, Suite 700, 36 S. Wabash, Chicago 60603.But some types of cancer are more common where you live than expectedwhen compared with other areas of Chicago, Illinois and the nation.

A recent Cancer Council study found four varieties - stomach,prostate …

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