Doctors say the number of 9/11-related cancers is on the rise. As McLoganTV reports, the consequences of being exposed to toxic materials can take years to emerge.
They tell CBS2's Jennifer McLogan the consequences of being exposed to toxic materials can take years to emerge.
"I have a couple of weeks to make a decision, whether I'm gonna have surgery or radiation or a combination of both," he said., linked to the terrorist attacks and his weeks inhaling toxic ash at Ground Zero."It's not a shock to the medical community because we know that cancers take a long time to develop," said Dr. Jacqueline Moline, with the World Trade Center Health Program at Northwell Health.
After two decades, Moline is diagnosing new first responder skin cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer and multiple myeloma.
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