Statistical analysis of potential cancer clusters.
Cluster analysis of disease occurrence has a long history in acute models' it has only recently begun to be used for chronic models. This extrapolation of methods has resulted in severe limitations and several modifications. Two cluster reports from Florida are given as examples for a review of the prevalent statistical techniques available for cancer cluster analysis. The methods are described and discussed. The significance of the two clusters is left unsolved.
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D013223:Statistics as Topic