BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --  

Air Force Global Strike Command will hold a public virtual Town Hall Jan. 30 to discuss the latest results from the Missile Community Cancer Study.

The town hall will take place on Zoom at 1 p.m. Central Time, during which medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine will present the findings of Phase 1C of the ongoing Epidemiological Review. Anyone interested in the study is welcome to participate and ask questions.

The MCCS Epidemiological Review is the portion of the MCCS that examines Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, state and national health databases in an attempt to assess the incidence of common cancers within the missile community, and to determine if missileers are at a higher risk of developing certain cancers. Environmental sampling, the other part of the MCCS, recently concluded its third round of tests at Launch Control Centers and Launch Facilities across AFGSC and at missile training bases.

Each phase of the Epidemiology Review incorporates different medical databases. Phases 1A and 1B examined DoD and VA electronic medical records and cancer registries. Phase 1C, which included the National Death Index, is the first phase to include non-DoD or VA records, and allows comparisons between the missile community, the larger military community, and the American public.

The room will open at 12:30 p.m. with the presentation beginning at 1 p.m.

To join, click on the following link: https://zoom.us/j/94608628299?pwd=PCd7FQm0JRjsl4o5wyNCd7aMNvbY7l.1 or use the following Room ID: 946 0862 8299 and Passcode: 780684

Information on how to attend the virtual Town Hall will be posted on the Missile Community Cancer Study website: https://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/Resources/Missile-Community-Cancer-Study/

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