Cancer in general responders participating in world trade center health programs, 2003-2013

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. Background: Following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC), thousands of workers were exposed to an array of toxins known to cause adverse health effects, including cancer. This study evaluates cancer incidence in the WTC Health Program General Responder Cohort occurring within 12 years post exposure. Methods: The study population consisted of 28729 members of the General Responder Cohort enrolled from cohort inception, July 2002 to December 31, 2013. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated with cancer case inclusion and follow-up starting post September 11, 2001 (unrestricted) and, alternatively, to account for selection bias, with case inclusion and follow-up starting 6 months after enrollment in the WTC Health Program (restricted). Case ascertainment was based on linkage with six state cancer registries. Under the restricted criterion, hazard ratios were estimated using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models for all cancer sites combined and for prostate cancer. Results: Restricted analyses identified 1072 cancers in 999 responders, with elevations in cancer incidence for all cancer sites combined (SIR = 1.09, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02 to 1.16), prostate cancer (SIR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.11 to 1.40), thyroid cancer (SIR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.71 to 2.75), and leukemia (SIR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.01 to 1.92). Cancer incidence was not associated with any WTC exposure index (composite or individual) for all cancer sites combined or for prostate cancer. Conclusion: Our analyses show statistically significant elevations in cancer incidence for all cancer sites combined and for prostate and thyroid cancers and leukemia. Multivariable analyses show no association with magnitude or type of exposure

Thanik Lertcharnrit photo at Princess Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

WSU Alumnus Thanik Lertcharnrit speaking at the Princess Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Lertcharnrit later earned his MA and PhD degrees at Washington State University, with William Lipe as his advisor. Dr. Lertcharnrit is currently a Professor at Silpakorn and was interviewed in the Pioneers project which tracked historical data on leaders in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology with connections to WSU. For more information about the Pioneers project, led by WSU Professors Shannon Tushingham and William Lipe, see: https://labs.wsu.edu/tushingham-lab/wsu-pioneers-in-crm-project/. For more information about Dr. Lertcharnrit’s interview and Wikipedia research by WSU undergraduate student Alec Bowder, see: https://doi.org/10.7273/00000002

An Incidence of Zoomorphic Spouts from Central Thailand.

The archaeological site of Promtin Tai in Lopburi Province, central Thailand, is a multi-activity site occupied over the course of several hundred years. The site has been excavated successively by the author since 2004, yielding evidence for various activities ranging from habitation and mortuary rites to copper smelting and probably trading. The chronology of the site has been dated using stratigraphic information and cultural materials; absolute dating samples have been collected and sent for dating, but results have yet been reported from the laboratory. Archaeologically, the site represents a community with strong evidence of early long distance trade and cultural contact with India and developed from an Iron Age village to early historic town

Thanik Lertcharnrit photo at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

WSU Alumnus Thanik Lertcharnrit, Professor in the Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Lertcharnrit later earned his MA and PhD degrees at Washington State University, with William Lipe as his advisor. Dr. Lertcharnrit is currently a Professor at Silpakorn and was interviewed in the Pioneers project which tracked historical data on leaders in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology with connections to WSU. For more information about the Pioneers project, led by WSU Professors Shannon Tushingham and William Lipe, see: https://labs.wsu.edu/tushingham-lab/wsu-pioneers-in-crm-project/. For more information about Dr. Lertcharnrit’s interview and Wikipedia research by WSU undergraduate student Alec Bowder, see: https://doi.org/10.7273/00000002

An Incidence of Zoomorphic Spouts from Central Thailand.

The archaeological site of Promtin Tai in Lopburi Province, central Thailand, is a multi-activity site occupied over the course of several hundred years. The site has been excavated successively by the author since 2004, yielding evidence for various activities ranging from habitation and mortuary rites to copper smelting and probably trading. The chronology of the site has been dated using stratigraphic information and cultural materials; absolute dating samples have been collected and sent for dating, but results have yet been reported from the laboratory. Archaeologically, the site represents a community with strong evidence of early long distance trade and cultural contact with India and developed from an Iron Age village to early historic town

Thanik Lertcharnrit photo with colleagues at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

WSU Alumnus Thanik Lertcharnrit (center foreground) and other undergraduate colleagues at the Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. The photo was taken in either 1984 or 1985. Note that most of the students at the time were women. Dr. Lertcharnrit later earned his MA and PhD degrees at Washington State University, with William Lipe as his advisor. Dr. Lertcharnrit is currently a Professor at Silpakorn and was interviewed in the Pioneers project which tracked historical data on leaders in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology with connections to WSU. For more information about the Pioneers project, led by WSU Professors Shannon Tushingham and William Lipe, see: https://labs.wsu.edu/tushingham-lab/wsu-pioneers-in-crm-project/. For more information about Dr. Lertcharnrit’s interview and Wikipedia research by WSU undergraduate student Alec Bowder, see: https://doi.org/10.7273/00000002

Thanik Lertcharnrit: WSU Pioneers Interview & Discussion

Interview and discussion with Dr. Thanik Lertcharnrit (formerly Sawang Lertrit), April 29, 2021, with Dr. Shannon Tushingham, Dr. William Lipe, Alec Bowder. This was part of Tushingham and Lipe’s Pioneers in Americanist Biography Project. Dr. Lertcharnrit is a graduate of WSU (2001 PhD, 1997 MA), and current Professor of Anthropology, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand