{"entity":{"id":"wtc-health-program-covered-cancers","kind":"term","name":"World Trade Center Health Program and the cancers it covers (Zadroga Act)","aka":["WTC Health Program","James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010","Zadroga Act","Public Law 111-347","42 CFR 88.15","List of WTC-Related Health Conditions"],"tldr":"Responders and survivors of the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York who later develop one of a long list of cancers can have their care paid for by a US federal programme. The list covers most solid cancers and all blood cancers, plus any cancer in someone under 20 and any rare cancer.","summary":"United States, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-347, approved 2 January 2011) created the World Trade Center Health Program (42 U.S.C. 300mm to 300mm-64), run under regulations in 42 CFR part 88.\n\nThe List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (42 CFR 88.15(d)) names the covered cancers: cancers of the mouth, throat and pharynx; nasopharynx; nose, sinuses and middle ear; larynx; oesophagus; stomach; colon and rectum; liver and intrahepatic bile duct; retroperitoneum and peritoneum; trachea, bronchus, lung, heart, mediastinum and pleura; mesothelioma; peripheral nerves and soft tissue; skin (melanoma and non-melanoma); female breast; uterus; ovary; prostate; bladder; kidney; renal pelvis and ureter; eye and orbit; thyroid; blood and lymphoid tissues, including lymphoma, leukaemia and myeloma. It also covers \"Childhood cancers: any type of cancer diagnosed in a person less than 20 years of age\" and \"Rare cancers: any type of cancer that occurs in less than 15 cases per 100,000 persons per year in the United States\", based on 2005-2009 incidence. Any interested party may petition the programme's Administrator to add a condition (42 CFR 88.16).","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"eCFR: 42 CFR part 88, World Trade Center Health Program","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-88"},{"label":"govinfo: Public Law 111-347, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ347/html/PLAW-111publ347.htm"}],"tags":["law","us"],"related":[],"cancers":["mesothelioma","thyroid","prostate"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["risk-factor"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["The CDC's programme pages refused a script; the list is read from the eCFR (text current to 1 October 2026, last amended 18 January 2023 per the regulation's own history line).","The cancers are paraphrased from the regulation's ICD-style list; the two category definitions in quotation marks are the regulation's words."],"category":"Regulation & policy"},"route":"/terms/wtc-health-program-covered-cancers/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"mesothelioma","kind":"cancer","name":"Mesothelioma","route":"/cancers/mesothelioma/"},{"id":"prostate","kind":"cancer","name":"Prostate cancer","route":"/cancers/prostate/"},{"id":"thyroid","kind":"cancer","name":"Thyroid cancer","route":"/cancers/thyroid/"}],"term":[{"id":"pact-act-2022-cancer-presumptions","kind":"term","name":"PACT Act 2022: cancers presumed service-connected for US veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins","route":"/terms/pact-act-2022-cancer-presumptions/"},{"id":"risk-factor","kind":"term","name":"Risk factor","route":"/terms/risk-factor/"}]}}