ABSTRACT
The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP) is a case in point. In the late 1980s, women on Long Island became increasingly aware that their mothers, daughters, sisters, neighbors, and friends were being diagnosed with breast cancer. The Congressional Act directed the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in cooperation with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). To conduct a case-control study to assess biological markers of environmental and other potential risk factors contributing to the incidence of breast cancer in women living on Long Island. There was criticism on two counts: BNL is one of the major contaminating facilities on Long Island, raising the question of objectivity. Geographical Integrative System (GIS) techniques have already been demonstrated to be feasible, applicable, useful, and most importantly, already available. The study defines the participants as women newly diagnosed with primary breast cancer, and whose physician has given consent for contact.
