cancer cluster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cancer cluster
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Texas health officials in 2019 identified a cancer cluster in Houston’s historically Black Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
In the late 1990s, a cancer cluster sprouted in Suva Elementary and Intermediate Schools in Bell Gardens that led to a legal settlement against a nearby chromer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023
Despite decades of evidence proving that cancer cluster investigations are a drain on our resources and methodologically problematic, the public and our representatives can’t get enough of them.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2013
It would be really hard to hide a cancer cluster if there was one.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2012
It's the kind of disproportionate grouping that epidemiologists call a "cancer cluster."
From Time Magazine Archive
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