Summary of the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee

Hauppauge, New York
September 22-24, 1997
(Ad Hoc Committee Photo)

The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP) is a multi-study effort to investigate environmental factors that may be responsible for breast cancer in Suffolk, Nassau, and Schoharie counties, NY, and in Tolland County, CT. The LIBCSP is congressionally mandated under Public Law 103-43 of June 10, 1993, "Study of Elevated Breast Cancer Rates in Long Island." Responsibility for the effort is with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in collaboration with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The Ad Hoc Advisory Committee of scientific experts and community breast cancer advocates was established in 1995 and meets annually or as needed. This meeting was chaired by Dr. Mimi Yu, Professor, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. Dr. Yu is the committee co-chair. (The other co-chair position is presently vacant.) The first meeting of the committee was in March 1995, along with a town meeting on the LIBCSP. The second annual meeting was held in April 1996.

This latest committee meeting included presentations by LIBCSP investigators, a panel discussion on radiation and breast cancer, a presentation on the Cape Cod Study by The Silent Spring Institute, a report on the Environmental Exposure Working Group meeting, and updates on NCI activities and on plans for the geographic information system (GIS) to be developed to support the Project.

Overview

Monday, September 22

Tuesday, September 23

Wednesday, September 24

Executive Session Summary