Project Chernobyl will be in Rockland County for a day of free thyroid cancer testing on May 6th 2010, all day, at the JCC, 450 West Nyack Rd, West Nyack NY. Anyone interested must make an appointment with Assemblywoman Jaffee’s office. They can email jaffeee@assembly.state.ny.us (write "thyroid test" in subject line) or call 624-4601.
Rockland has one of the highest thyroid cancer rates in the state and is among the highest in the Nation. Project Chernobyl is headed by a preeminent physician, Dr. Branovan, who reads all of the test results. The hope is that Project Chernobyl can gather enough data to justify a long-term, in-depth study to find out the cause of Rockland's high rate. Dr Branovan states “there is no way to pinpoint any one cause at this time. Indeed there could be several”.
The good news is that thyroid cancer is highly treatable. Dr. Branovan states “that it's close to 99% curable”. I made an appointment for myself and was told that it only takes 10 minutes!
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