If you were exposed to this area, you may be eligible for compensation

The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund enables victims to be compensated for over 70 eligible cancers. Among the most common “nine-eleven” cancers are:

• Bladder cancer
• Blood & Lymphoid Tissue cancers
• Breast cancer
• Colorectal cancers
• Head and neck cancer
• Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Kidney cancer
• Leukemia
• Liver cancer
• Lung cancer
• Melanom
• Multiple myeloma
• Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Pancreatic cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Thyroid cancer

Numerous “Rare Cancers” Eligible for Compensation

If you have been diagnosed with any of the dozens of rare cancers, you may be eligible for compensation from the 9-11 Cancer Fund.

The following are some examples of “rare cancers” which include, but are not limited to:

• Adrenal Cancer
• Brain Cancer
• Central Nervous System Cancer
• Cervix Uteri Cancer
• Gallbladder/Biliary Tract Cancer
• Male Breast Cancer
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Testis Cancer
• Thymus Cancer

Below is a complete list of all cancers covered by the 9-11 Cancer Fund:

If you are not sure the cancer you have is eligible for compensation, call Bagolie Friedman Injury Lawyers for a no cost evaluation of your case with our 9/11 Cancer Fund lawyers at 201-656-8500 or use the form below. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Head & Neck Cancers

• Malignant melanoma of skin
• Malignant neoplasm of lip
• Malignant neoplasm of base of tongue
• Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of tongue
• Malignant neoplasm of parotid gland
• Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified major salivary glands
• Malignant neoplasm of floor of mouth
• Malignant neoplasm of gum
• Malignant neoplasm of gum
• Malignant neoplasm of palate
• Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of mouth
• Malignant neoplasm of tonsil
• Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx
• Malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx
• Malignant neoplasm of piriform sinus
• Malignant neoplasm of hypopharynx
• Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined conditions in the lip, oral cavity and pharynx
• Malignant neoplasms of nasal cavity
• Malignant neoplasm of accessory sinuses
• Malignant neoplasm of the larynx
• Melanoma
• Mesothelioma
• Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
• Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue
• Skin Cancer (Non Melanoma)
• Prostate Cancer
• Scrotum
• Soft Tissue Cancers

Digestive System Cancers

• Malignant neoplasm of the esophagus
• Malignant neoplasm of the stomach
• Malignant neoplasm of the colon
• Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
• Malignant neoplasm of the rectum
• Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined digestive organs
• Malignant neoplasm of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts
• Malignant neoplasms of retroperitoneum and peritoneum

Respiratory System Cancers

• Malignant neoplasms of the trachea
• Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
• Malignant neoplasm of heart, mediastinum and pleura
• Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites in the respiratory system and intrathoracic organFemale Reproductive Organs Cancers
• Malignant neoplasm of ovary

Breast Cancer

• Malignant neoplasm of breast

Urinary System Cancers

• Malignant neoplasm of bladder
• Malignant neoplasm of the kidney except renal pelvis
• Malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis
• Malignant neoplasm of ureter
• Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified urinary organs

Eye & Orbit Cancers

• Malignant neoplasms of eye and adnexa
  Thyroid Cancer
• Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland

Blood & Lymphoid Tissue Cancers

• Hodgkin’s disease
• Follicular (nodular) non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Diffuse non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Peripheral and cutaneous T-cell lymphomas

Other and unspecified types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

• Malignant immunoproliferative diseases
• Multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms
• Lymphoid leukemia
• Myeloid leukemia
• Monocytic leukemia

Other leukemias of specified cell type
Leukemia of unspecified cell type

• Myeloid malignancies

Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue

Rare Cancers are defined as “any type of cancer that occurs in less than 15 cases per 100,000 persons per year in the United States.” Some examples of cancer that meet the “rare cancer” definition include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Malignant neoplasm of the testis and penis
• Neuroendocrine malignancies
• Malignant neoplasm of the male breast
• Malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder/biliary tract
• Malignant neoplasm of the small intestine
• Malignant neoplasm of the thymus
• Malignant neoplasm of the central nervous system
• Malignant neoplasm of the adrenal gland
• Gastrointestinal stromal malignancies
• Malignant neoplasm of the bone and articular cartilage
• Malignant neoplasm of the placenta
• Malignant neoplasm of the vulva, vagina, and cervix uteri (invasive only)
  Myeloid neoplasms