Polycythemia Vera Investigation
What You Need to Know
Current Projects
- Health Studies(Drexel University, Geisinger Health System, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh)
- Environmental Studies(The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)
Additional Resources
- New! Polycythemia Vera Cancer Cluster Investigation in Northeast PA [PDF – 385 KB]
- New! Environmental Toxins Found Historically in the Polycythemia Vera Cluster Area and their Potential for Inducing DNA Damage [PDF – 502 KB]
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in eastern Pennsylvania: an assessment of registry reporting [PDF – 100 KB]
- Updated and expanded study of polycythemia vera and other myeloproliferative neoplasms in the tri-county area [PDF – 749 KB]
- Fact sheet – Updated and expanded study of polycythemia vera and other myeloproliferative neoplasms in the tri-county area [PDF – 126 KB]
- Report: A feasibility assessment to improve the reporting of hematopoietic diseases [PDF – 493 KB]
- Fact sheet: A feasibility assessment to improve the reporting of hematopoietic diseases [PDF – 108 KB]
- Fact sheet: Geographic study of polycythemia vera occurrence in central Pennsylvania (2001-2007) [PDF – 105 KB]
- Fact sheet: Environmental exposure assessment of air pollutants for the polycythemia vera cluster in northeast Pennsylvania [PDF – 214 KB]
- Fact sheet: Exposure assessment of groundwater for the polycythemia vera cluster in northeast Pennsylvania [PDF – 163 KB]
- Health Consultation: Review of Radiological Data Measured in the Polycythemia Vera Investigation Study Area in Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania [PDF – 1.26 MB]
- Fact Sheet: Review of Radiological Environmental Data – Measured in the Polycythemia Vera Investigation Study Area in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania [PDF – 822 KB]
- Determination of accuracy of Polycythemia Vera diagnoses and use of the JAK2V617F test in the diagnostic scheme [PDF – 181 KB]
- Update – Polycythemia Vera Research in Pennsylvania—Schuylkill, Luzerne, and Carbon Counties (September 2012) [PDF – 150 KB]
- A Multidisciplinary Investigation of a Polycythemia Vera Cancer Cluster of Unknown Origin (published July, 2010) [PDF – 319 KB]
- Use of Molecular Testing to Identify a Cluster of Patients with Polycythemia Vera in Eastern Pennsylvania (published February 2009) [PDF – 364 KB]
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Tri-County PV CAC News
- Geisinger Health System
- MPN information (Mayo Clinic) Patient links
- MedicinePlus
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Health Topics
- National Cancer Institute – Polycythemia Vera
- National Cancer Institute – Myeloproliferative disorders
- MPN Research Foundation