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DHHS: Dartmouth pilot study moving through IRB; cancer‑registry reanalysis with VA cases underway
Summary
Department of Health and Human Services reported progress on the Merrimack cancer investigation: Dartmouth’s pilot study is advancing through IRB steps, Dartmouth and UNH workstreams continue, the state will add VA‑reported cancer cases to the registry reanalysis, and recruitment for a pilot of 70–100 participants is under way.
Michelle Robersch, bureau chief for public health protection at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, briefed the commission on April 11 about the Merrimack cancer investigation and related work by Dartmouth and UNH researchers.
The update matters because the pilot study and registry reanalysis will guide whether a larger epidemiologic study is feasible and what hypotheses could be pursued regarding apparent excesses of kidney cancer in Merrimack and the nine‑town study area.
Robersch said the study has four main components: community engagement studios (complete), cancer‑registry data analysis, a UNH feasibility survey, and a Dartmouth‑led pilot study. She told the commission that Dartmouth’s team requested a reanalysis that adds VA‑reported cancer cases to the New Hampshire State Cancer Registry dataset; DHHS is conducting that reanalysis to…
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