Hundreds of Orange County residents were expected to fill the halls of a community meeting on Tuesday evening as they voiced their concerns over an extremely rare childhood cancer that several children have been diagnosed with in recent years.
Last week, Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley wrote a letter to California’s Department of Public Health Director Dr. Erica Pan, asking that they expedite their ongoing review of the reported Ewing sarcoma cases in the Ladera Ranch neighborhood.
“Ladera Ranch families have reported six children diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, an exceptionally rare cancer that most often affects children and young adults,” Foley’s office said in a statement after her letter was sent. “The number of reported diagnoses in a community of approximately 26,000 residents has raised serious concerns among families and residents.”…