Deployment to Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan between 2001 and 2005 and subsequent risk of specific cancers among US service members
Long-term K2 deployment was associated with increased likelihood of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Careful clinical monitoring and continued follow-up of this cohort for cancer and other outcomes are warranted.
Authors
- Brock A. Beamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-0898)
- Brajesh K. Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6724-8201)
- Brian H. Feighner
- Richard Wojcik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0701-4520)
- Brant Chee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6174-4201)
- Amanda D. Emmert
- Schwartz Bs
- Lucy M. Carruth
- Steven Babin
- John D. Sorkin
- Obenauer-Motley Julie
- Howard S Burkom
- S Ramirez
- C Mullany Luke
- Quinn Aithinne
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (US)
- VA Maryland Health Care System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djag050
- Primary Topic
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00