"9/11 Responder With Cancer" - Jim Axelrod
Sunday marks 15 years since the Sept. 11 attacks. Even today, the number of victims continues to rise. Among the nearly 75,000 responders and survivors health officials are monitoring, they've certified more than 5,400 patients with 9/11-related cancers. According to Michael Crane, MD, director of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai, that number continues to rise. "Here at Sinai, we see 10 to 15 new cancer patients in our population every week," Dr. Crane said. "I've been in medicine for 40 odd years. It's remarkable."
Michael Crane, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence, The Mount Sinai Hospital
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