CANONSBURG, Pa. — State Department of Health officials and medical professionals from the area will hold a public meeting about the large number of Ewing Sarcoma and childhood cancers in the Canon-McMillan School District. The meeting on October 7 will take place in the auditorium at Canon-McMillan High School. Medical Professionals from UPMC Children’s Hospital will discuss Ewing Sarcoma and other cancers. The Department of Health will discuss data collection and cancer incidence reporting methods. Six cases of Ewing Sarcoma have been diagnosed since 2008 in the Canon-McMillan School District. Several other students have been diagnosed with other forms of cancer in that same time frame. State Representatives Tim O’Neal, R-South Strabane and Jason Ortitay, R-South Fayette are the sponsors of the meeting.