Comment:  Early results -- press reporting Headlines taken alone can be confusing depending on what cancers are being reported on.  Higher rate article was for breast and prostate cancer; lower for NHL. See earlier post regarding higher rates. 

Quote from the earlier post article:  "The newly analyzed data does not show increased rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the specific cancer that sparked the new study."

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The Air Force found increased rates of breast and prostate cancers in service members who worked on nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles compared to the general population, according to a preliminary study of data publicly released on March 13.

https://apnews.com/article/cancer-air-force-troops-study-nuclear-weapons-eccbab5b09187c9a5a6ed276c9427a31

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BY TARA COPP

Updated 5:02 PM EDT, March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is reporting the first data on cancer diagnoses among troops who worked with nuclear missiles and, while the data is only about 25% complete, the service says the numbers are lower than what they expected.

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The 23 cases identified so far are lower than what would be expected over the 20-year time frame when compared to similar incidence rates in the U.S. general population, the Air Force said. Based on National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data on the incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma for the same time frame, Air Force researchers would expect to find about 80 NHL cases in the larger 84,000-person missile community.

It also did not identify how many of those 23 cases were found among the smaller missileer population versus among the larger pool of service members who support the nuclear mission.