Are the Mapping Projects Useful to the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP)?
The LIBCSP consists of ten research studies on breast cancer. These are being conducted at major medical research institutions in the northeast United States. The Columbia case-control study is one of these; the National Cancer Institute has referred to the Columbia study as the cornerstone of the LIBCS. The Long Island mapping projects are not integral to the Columbia Study. The Columbia Study focuses on newly diagnosed cases where-as the surveys for the mapping project focus on breast cancer survivors. There is nothing that the surveys or the maps can contribute to the objectives of the Columbia study. However, presumable the mapping projects would be of interest to the LIBCSP if the LIBCSP involves a Long Island based environmental cause. The National Cancer Institute is planning to fund the development of such a geographic information system (GIS). Most of the maps will be constructed and analyzed by the time the GIS will become a reality, but that should not preclude the informati
