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The limitations Michael Berry faced in investigating the causal relations at Toms River was the cancer registry. Berry decided to conduct an incidence analysis of childhood cancer in Dover Township. He found fifteen cases, then he determined the total number of cases pediatric cancer should have occurred in town. His results were there was no childhood cancer cluster in Toms River. However, his analysis was missing specific types of cancers and some recent cases were not updated in the registry—it was running two years behind. Moreover, Berry’s analysis was missing some local children who were treated in New York and Philadelphia.

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