NEW - Pratt & Whitney Cancer Study Update

If you know someone who worked for Pratt & Whitney and has been affected by brain cancer, and would like to participate in the case-control study being conducted by the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh, please contact Terri Washington at tlw26@pitt.edu, or call the Department of Public Health at (860) 509-7270

• Fact Sheets

• Presentations

• Reports

• Executive Summaries

• Related Websites

Fact Sheets:

• #1 - February, 2001 (Short Form)

• #1 - February, 2001 (Long Form)

• #2 - September, 2001

• #3 - February, 2002

• #4 - July, 2002 

• #5 - December, 2002 - Frequently Asked Questions

• #6 - February, 2004

• #7 - Summer, 2006

• Summer 06 Summary

• June 2010 Phase II Study Results

Presentations

• Phase I Study Findings September 2008

• University of Illinois - Chicago Public Meeting 10-18-06 

• University of Pittsburgh Public Meeting 10-18-06

• University of Illinois at Chicago Public Meeting Phase 2 Presentation Slides June 2010

• University of Pittsburgh Public Meeting Phase 2 Presentation Slides June 2010

Reports

2005:

• Pratt & Whitney Exploratory Epidemiology Study - Progress Report - October 2005

• Exposure Reconstruction for the Epidemiologic Study - Progress Report - October 2005

• Microdissection Based Genotyping - For Pratt and Whitney Study

2004:

• Pratt & Whitney Exploratory Epidemiology Study - Progress Report - October 2004

• Exposure Reconstruction for the Epidemiologic Study - Progress Report - October 2004

• Microdissection Based Genotyping - For Pratt and Whitney Study

Executive Summaries of Continuing Investigations:

• Epidemiology and Biostatistical Component of the Pratt & Whitney
  Exploratory Cohort Mortality Study - This investigation will be conducted by Drs. Gary M. Marsh of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biostatistics (UPitt) and Nurtan A. Esmen of the University of Oklahoma, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (UOk). 

• Exposure reconstruction for a brain cancer epidemiological study in seven Connecticut jet engine manufacturing facilities - The study will be conducted by Dr. Nurtan Esmen and his coworkers in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health of the College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Related Web Sites:

• University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Department of Neurological Surgery

• The National Brain Tumor Foundation - The National Brain Tumor Foundation is a no-profit organizati0on dedicated to supporting people whose lives have been affected by brain tumors.

• The American Brain Tumor Foundation - The American Brain Tumor Association exists to eliminate brain tumors and to meet the needs of brain tumor patients and their families.