When is a cancer cluster suspected in a community?

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  1. Dr. Mehmet Oz
     
    Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:
    Government agencies track the number and type of cancers that typically occur, so they have a pretty good idea of what to expect in a given group of people every year. So when the number of cancer diagnoses in a community creeps up inexplicably, a red flag goes up and a cancer cluster is suspected.
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