“There are more cases out there, because we just know of the people in our government-funded medical programs, not those who have been treated by their private doctors,” said Dr. Jim Melius, chairman of the 9/11 Health Watch board for the WTC Responder Medical Program. “Because of the carcinogens in the air at Ground Zero, people who were exposed are vulnerable. And with cancer, there is a delay.”
The types of cancer being diagnosed vary, but skin cancer appears to be the most commonly diagnosed form. The top five most diagnosed cancers are:
Non-Melanoma skin cancer – 156 cases
Melanoma of skin – 117 cases
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – 112 cases
Thyroid – 97 cases
Leukemia – 76 cases
Several responders that have been diagnosed with cancer spoke with the NY Daily News recently.
“It was always in the back of everyone’s mind we were in jeopardy given the contamination down there, but the entire world was calling on you, it felt so good to serve, there was no wanting to escape,” said Marty Cervillione, an engineer with the city’s Design and Construction Department.
Cervillione spent three months at Ground Zero while piles of rubble were still smoldering after the towers collapsed. He has been diagnosed with gastroesophageal cancer.
“I think about the guys who passed away and I am fortunate,” said Detective Pulley, an NYPD officer who spent months at Ground Zero. “Yeah, I have kidney cancer, but I am still here with my family. If God forbid we were ever attacked again, I would still do the same thing.”
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