January 26th, 2010

The Philadelphia Inquirer Reports:

Rates of thyroid cancer are well above the national average throughout the Philadelphia region.

But why?

They may be related to broader statistics that show high rates of many types of cancer in the Mid-Atlantic states, for reasons that scientists do not understand.

Or, some experts suggest, they may be the result of all the medicine practiced locally – more tests lead to more diagnoses.

Thyroid cancer also is found more often in older people, and more of them live here than in many other areas.

At a news conference yesterday, advocacy groups offered another possible explanation: proximity to nuclear power plants.

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