This is a list of cancer clusters. A cancer cluster is a statistical event, which may or may not have a cause other than chance. There are other cancer clusters that occur without any obvious source of carcinogens.
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! colspan="6" style="font-size: 120%;" | North America
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!Date
!Disease
!Location
!Number of cases
!Cause
!References
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| align="center" | 1917–1927
| Osteosarcoma
| New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois
| align="center" | 86
| Radium
|
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| align="center" | 1990–2005
| Leukemia
| Elbmarsch, Lower Saxony and Krümmel (Kruemmel), Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany
| align="center" | 16
| Unknown<br />Speculated to be actinide, especially plutonium-241 of unknown origin that was found in the area or tritium from a nearby nuclear power plant
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External links
- List of known cancer clusters in the U.S.A.
