What is the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project?
The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP) is an investigation of possible environmental causes of breast cancer in Suffolk, Nassau, and Schoharie counties in New York and in Tolland County, Conn. It is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in collaboration with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). (Question 1) • Why was the project done? A pattern of elevated mortality rates (the number of deaths per year) for female breast cancer extending from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeastern states has persisted for many years. Established risk factors are believed to be largely responsible, but the remaining reasons are unknown. (Question 2) • What is the major study in the LIBCSP? The main research study of the LIBCSP is the Breast Cancer and the Environment on Long Island Study, a large, population-based study of women in Nassau and Suffolk counties (Long Island) to determine if certain environmental contaminants increase the risk of bre
