Number of first responders, others with 9/11-linked cancer skyrockets to nearly 50,000
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The number of first responders and others diagnosed with 9/11-linked cancers has ballooned to 48,579 — a staggering 143% increase in five years, the latest data from the World Trade Center Health Program show.
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