Roswell researcher explains why cancer cases are still showing up in 9/11 first responders

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – 24 years after the attack on America, cancer cases are continuing to be diagnosed. One cancer researcher says some cancer cases are in cases of first responders not on the scene immediately.

Ashley Snowden of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute says every cancer is different in a person.

“The way cells regenerate and the way cancers kind of come up is unique in each body. So, the level of exposures that some of these people had more than 20 years ago at this point, it really just depends on on the way their cells generate their bodies,” explained Snowden with WBEN…

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