Managing cancer following the World Trade Center disaster

Rachel Zeig-Owens^{1

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3}, David J Prezant^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Fire Department of the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
² Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Bronx, NY, USA.
³ Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Fire Department of the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA. david.prezant@fdny.nyc.gov.
⁵ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Bronx, NY, USA. david.prezant@fdny.nyc.gov.
⁶ Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. david.prezant@fdny.nyc.gov.

Rachel Zeig-Owens et al. Nat Rev Cancer. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;24(11):737-738.

doi: 10.1038/s41568-024-00730-6.

Rachel Zeig-Owens^{1

2

3}, David J Prezant^{4

5

6}

¹ Fire Department of the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
² Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Bronx, NY, USA.
³ Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Fire Department of the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA. david.prezant@fdny.nyc.gov.
⁵ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Bronx, NY, USA. david.prezant@fdny.nyc.gov.
⁶ Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. david.prezant@fdny.nyc.gov.

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