The Air Force is launching a sweeping cancer study after several officers assigned to a missile unit in Montana were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that forms in the body's lymph system.
The assessment will not be limited to one particular base, but it comes after symptoms of NHL were detected in at least nine officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, one of three that operate the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
“This [study] is all bases, all ranks, all [Air Force jobs] — the entire spectrum, to include the environments,” he said in a town hall meeting last month.The cluster of cancer cases has drawn concern from lawmakers in Washington. Sen. Jon Tester, Montana Democrat, said he was alarmed that former missile crews at Malmstrom Air Force Base are experiencing a cancer rate nearly 100 times greater than the national average for new cases.
The Pentagon must determine whether the increased rate of cancer is unique to those who served at Malmstrom or if missile crews at other Air Force bases are suffering from a similarly increased risk of cancer or other medical conditions, Mr. Tester wrote.
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