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==== National Firefighter Registry ==== {{Main|National Firefighter Registry}} Due to the lack of central and comprehensive sources of data, research on cancer rates amongst [[firefighter]]s has been challenging.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Daniels |first1=Robert D |last2=Kubale |first2=Travis L |last3=Yiin |first3=James H |last4=Dahm |first4=Matthew M |last5=Hales |first5=Thomas R |last6=Baris |first6=Dalsu |last7=Zahm |first7=Shelia H |last8=Beaumont |first8=James J |last9=Waters |first9=Kathleen M |last10=Pinkerton |first10=Lynne E |date=June 2014 |title=Mortality and cancer incidence in a pooled cohort of US firefighters from San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia (1950β2009) |journal=Occupational and Environmental Medicine |language=en |volume=71 |issue=6 |pages=388β397 |doi=10.1136/oemed-2013-101662 |issn=1351-0711 |pmc=4499779 |pmid=24142974}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tsai |first1=Rebecca J. |last2=Luckhaupt |first2=Sara E. |last3=Schumacher |first3=Pam |last4=Cress |first4=Rosemary D. |last5=Deapen |first5=Dennis M. |last6=Calvert |first6=Geoffrey M. |date=May 6, 2015 |title=Risk of cancer among firefighters in California, 1988β2007 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22466 |journal=American Journal of Industrial Medicine |volume=58 |issue=7 |pages=715β729 |doi=10.1002/ajim.22466 |issn=0271-3586 |pmc=4527530 |pmid=25943908}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=David J. |last2=Koru-Sengul |first2=Tulay |last3=Hernandez |first3=Monique N. |last4=Caban-Martinez |first4=Alberto J. |last5=McClure |first5=Laura A. |last6=Mackinnon |first6=Jill A. |last7=Kobetz |first7=Erin N. |date=April 2020 |title=Cancer risk among career male and female Florida firefighters: Evidence from the Florida Firefighter Cancer Registry (1981β2014) |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31930542 |journal=American Journal of Industrial Medicine |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=285β299 |doi=10.1002/ajim.23086 |issn=1097-0274 |pmid=31930542 |s2cid=210191181}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ma |first1=Fangchao |last2=Fleming |first2=Lora E. |last3=Lee |first3=David J. |last4=Trapido |first4=Edward |last5=Gerace |first5=Terence A. |date=September 2006 |title=Cancer incidence in Florida professional firefighters, 1981 to 1999 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16966954 |journal=Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |volume=48 |issue=9 |pages=883β888 |doi=10.1097/01.jom.0000235862.12518.04 |issn=1076-2752 |pmid=16966954 |s2cid=45179842}}</ref> On July 7, 2018, Congress passed the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 requiring the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] to create the [[National Firefighter Registry for Cancer]] designed to collect data on cancer rates among U.S. firefighters.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 (2018 β H.R. 931) |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr931 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=National Firefighter Registry |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/registry.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The National Firefighter Registry: An update on the plan to track firefighter cancer |url=https://www.firerescue1.com/cancer/articles/the-national-firefighter-registry-an-update-on-the-plan-to-track-firefighter-cancer-NQ5oPnbOKPDtfWiO/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407003328/https://www.firerescue1.com/cancer/articles/the-national-firefighter-registry-an-update-on-the-plan-to-track-firefighter-cancer-NQ5oPnbOKPDtfWiO/ |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=FireRescue1 |date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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