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DHHS to expand Merrimack cancer analysis; Dartmouth and UNH projects progressing with VA data integration pending
Summary
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services staff told the commission that Dartmouth's cancer registry analysis focused on kidney cancers is nearing finalization, that DHHS will update a broader cancer incidence report through 2021, and that integration of VA records into the state registry requires deduplication and may take months.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) told the commission on Dec. 13 that it will update cancer‑incidence analyses for Merrimack and surrounding towns and continue several related study components.
Leanne Atwell, DHHS, said Dartmouth’s cancer registry analysis — focused on kidney and renal pelvis cancers — is being finalized and the Dartmouth team can present findings to the commission at the Feb. 14 meeting if the commission requests. “The team is available to present the summary of the findings of that data analysis to this commission at the February meeting if that is of interest,” Atwell said.
Why it matters: The commission has sought fuller cancer‑incidence information for Merrimack and a nine‑town study area. Updating the cancer incidence report with data through 2021 and integrating…
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