Being Diehard Buckeye: I find results of this Ohio Study intriguing with a series of maps showing the counties with the highest rates of cancer…. Ohio State graduate – school research associate Jesse Plascak looked at 11 years of cancer incident rates in each of the states 88 counties. While concluding with maps detailing the 23 types of cancer and improving the type of cancer care you receive in Ohio.
If you look at each individual map it tells it’s own precise story: Prostate Cancer showing prominence in Ohio Three major urban area’s of Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland. Whereas the map of Cervical Cancer illustrated a higher rate in the Appalachian region, Bladder Cancer having high rates in the Northeastern portion of the state and lung cancer in the Southeastern area along the Ohio River and Holmes County having lowest rates of cancer in the state.
Pediatricians in Appalachia are less likely to recommend the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to their patients in an area where it’s need is the most. Through a mail survey of 334 pediatricians in West Virginia and Kentucky, the research found that women in Appalachia having 47.1 percent greater cervical cancer mortality rates than those women living in non- Appalachia Ohio.
Dr. Elise Berlan a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital recommends the HPV vaccine to all her patients, both male and female starting at age 11. What is know is that the vaccine is very effective against the 6 and 11 HPV which causes gential warts, and also against 16 and 18 which causes cervical dysplasia that is the precursor to cervical cancer.
With area’s of long standing industry concern seemingly associated with bladder cancer risk, there’s something in the chemicals and brain cancer having a checkered board of sort conclusion showing no geographic trends or patterns. Dr. Steven K. Clinton, an Ohio State oncologist whom specializes in prostate and urinary cancer. Dr. Clinton states, “when you know the cause you can prevent the disease.” This study helps explore the possible geographic factors, environmental issues, eating habits, obesity, smoking tobacco, alcohol consumption, handles stress and water quality.