Parents, Nurse React to VDH's Scott County Cancer Cluster Report

Investigation: Pediatric cancer rates don't meet "cluster" threshold

Pediatric cancer rates in Scott and adjoining counties did not meet the federal definition of a cluster based on an analysis from 2014 to 2023.

State investigation determines there is not a cancer cluster in Scott County

A two-year data lag means recent diagnoses were excluded from the investigation, leaving families frustrated. State officials will host a town hall meeting Thursday evening to discuss the results.

Parents, nurse react to VDH's Scott County cancer cluster report

SCOTT COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — The findings of an investigation by the Virginia Department of Health's (VDH) Cancer Registry do not sit well with some in Scott County, including parents whose children are currently fighting cancer. The report indicates that cancer rates did not meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) definition of [...]

Cancer cluster ruled out in Southwest Virginia, though more data collection is on the horizon

An MRI machine in Lee County Community Hospital, a once-shuttered facility that Ballad Health reopened in 2021. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)Since last summer the Virginia Department of Health has been investigating a potential pediatric cancer cluster in Southwest Virginia. On Wednesday, the agency announced it determined that the cancer rates don’t meet federal standards to be officially defined as a cancer cluster.  Cancer …

VDH: Scott County pediatric cancer rates do not meet CDC definition of cluster

The Virginia Department of Health’s Virginia Cancer Registry (VCR) has released the results of its pediatric cancer investigation in Scott County.

VDH report says cancer cases in Scott County do not meet "cancer cluster" definition

A Wednesday report released by the Virginia Department of Health says that the cancer rates in Scott County, Virginia do not meet the definition of a cancer cluster. The VDH press release said that its Virginia Cancer Registry conducted the  pediatric cancer investigation. The report says that cancer rates did not meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of a cluster, based on the cases included in the 2014-2023 analysis. A…