Hi Bernie,

The cluster is very interesting to me. I live in Norton, Virginia,
our population is 3000 I believe. Yes three thousand. I know of 3
Ewings Sarcoma cases here just in the time that my daughter was
diagnosed. There has been several neuroblastomas too, which according
to our pediatric oncologist has similarities to Ewings. For that
small of a population I think there is something wrong!!!!

Marybeth

--- In ewingssarcoma@yahoogroups.com, kelly carlton
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> I pray these cases will unlock the mystery of Ewings and lead to a
cure. I lost my only child to this  terrible disease 2 years ago. Let
me know if there is anything I can do.
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> Subject: [Ewings Sarcoma] 2 cases of Ewing's in friends, Beverly,
Massachusetts
> To: ewingssarcoma@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 11:36 PM
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> http://wbztv. com/health/ ewings.sarcoma. rare.2.923006. html
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> The statistical analysis (average, standard deviation) of the
> Masachusetts Department of Public Heath and Air Force data on the
PAVE
> PAWS was in error. The nature of the error is that average values
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> Anyone who is aware of unusual patterns of cases of Ewing's is
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> report them here. I am preparing a request of out congressional
> reperesentative for federal funding of an independent, dilligent,
> multidisciplinary study of the Ewing's sarcoma cluster on Cape Cod.
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> have some moral support from epidemiologists at a local university.
> Senators in two other communities have funding for university
> investigations of cancer clusters among their constituents. With no
> known risk factors for this disease, and these peculiar patterns
showing
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