Are you a Veteran diagnosed with cancer? There is a service that can help Veterans search for cancer clinical trials.
Cancer clinical trials are important research studies that rely on people volunteering to take part in them. Clinical trials help doctors learn about ways to find, prevent and treat cancer. They also help doctors learn the best ways to improve the quality of life of people who have or had cancer.
A clinical trial might be right for you. In fact, access to clinical trials is considered standard of care for all cancers and is essential in increasing your treatment options. If you are interested in exploring clinical trials as a potential treatment option, the VA Clinical Trial Navigation program is here to support you.
Here is how the program can help
- Addressing your concerns: Have questions or concerns about clinical trials? Our team can provide answers and address any worries you may have about participation, costs, safety, time commitment or travel.
- Finding suitable trials: We’ll assist you in finding clinical trials that are currently open for enrollment and match your specific needs and preferences. Clinical trials might be at a VA facility or outside of the VA system.
- Guiding you and your health care team: We’ll work closely with you and your health care providers to navigate the clinical trial journey. From connecting with the trial team to sharing medical records and facilitating communication, we are here to ensure a seamless experience.
Even after joining a trial, the Clinical Trial Navigator will be available to provide ongoing support. Whether it’s sending medical records or helping with communications between the trial team and your VA cancer doctor, we are dedicated to assisting you every step of the way.
Get in touch
Email the VA cancer clinical trial nurse navigator for assistance.
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My son was refused a trial that was only chemo specific to his rare tumor a Diffuse Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor in his hip. They forced him to do a year of a Lukemia chemo because the one other person that the VA ever cared for with same Tumor in the 90s used it before they removed the Tumor.
After a year there was no reduction in the Tumor size and it had crushed his hip and femur so much they could not put him off any longer. He was left for 4 years total with a growing Tumor crushing his hip and femur
Don’t waste your time emailing them. Been over a week and they have yet to even acknowledge my email.
I stand corrected. I have received a response. Apparently, they have received an extremely large volume of emails-in reference to this story. And, are trying to work through them.
When a civilian with private medical insurance gets a payout it’s not taxable but when a veteren gets one and uses TICARE oe the like the government demands part of it even though it’s not supposed to be “taxable”.
Subpart B—Medical Care Recovery Act (MCRA) Claims and Claims Asserted Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1095
§ 757.11 Scope of Subpart B.
Subpart B describes the assertion and collection of claims for medical care under the MCRA and 10 U.S.C. 1095. The MCRA states that when the Federal government provides treatment or pays for treatment of an individual who is injured or suffers a disease, the Government is authorized to recover the reasonable value of that treatment from any third party who is legally liable for the injury or disease. Title 10 U.S.C. 1095 provides for the collection from third-party payers for the value of health care services incurred by the Government on behalf of covered beneficiaries.
[72 FR 53428, Sept. 19, 2007]
§ 757.12 Statutory authorities.
(a) Medical Care Recovery Act , 42 U.S.C. 2651-2653 (2005).
(b) Title 10 U.S.C. 1095 (Health Care Services Incurred on Behalf of Covered Beneficiaries: Collection from Third-Party Payers).
(c) Title 10 U.S.C. 1079a (CHAMPUS: Treatment of Refunds and Other Amounts Collected).
[72 FR 53428, Sept. 19, 2007]
Maybe you should be warning all veterans and retired government employees with the recommended supplemental medical insurence who claim and receive a settlement from a third-party for cancer or other illments that the government will demand repayment for part of the payout: Subpart B—Medical Care Recovery Act (MCRA) Claims and Claims Asserted Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1095
§ 757.11 Scope of Subpart B.
Subpart B describes the assertion and collection of claims for medical care under the MCRA and 10 U.S.C. 1095. The MCRA states that when the Federal government provides treatment or pays for treatment of an individual who is injured or suffers a disease, the Government is authorized to recover the reasonable value of that treatment from any third party who is legally liable for the injury or disease. Title 10 U.S.C. 1095 provides for the collection from third-party payers for the value of health care services incurred by the Government on behalf of covered beneficiaries.
[72 FR 53428, Sept. 19, 2007]
§ 757.12 Statutory authorities.
(a) Medical Care Recovery Act , 42 U.S.C. 2651-2653 (2005).
(b) Title 10 U.S.C. 1095 (Health Care Services Incurred on Behalf of Covered Beneficiaries: Collection from Third-Party Payers).
(c) Title 10 U.S.C. 1079a (CHAMPUS: Treatment of Refunds and Other Amounts Collected).
[72 FR 53428, Sept. 19, 2007]
Why do you even put this out? It doesn’t lead anywhere. Living with incurable cancer is a serious matter, as are vetreans emotions
I hope the cancer trial is looking at Proton Radiation Therapy for prostate cancer. (Note it is also used to treat untreatable brain and breast cancer.)
With proton therapy there are little to no side effects as compared to all other radiation and or chemical treatments.
I and a number of my colleagues can attest to this fact.
I had prostate proton therapy in 2016 (out of my own pocket) at the birth place of proton therapy for cancer, Loma Linda University Hospital.
My PSA went from 14.8 to 0.07 in six weeks of 23 seconds of Proton Therapy per day.
Today, 2024, my PSA is always below 0.05
I did not have any side effects during the treatment or to date.
There are 17 Proton centers in the USA with several more under construction.
Please do all veterans a favor and contact Loma Linda university Hospital or other proton Centers. MD Anderson, Houston, university of Jacksonville, and others.
Please fell free to contact me for more information on my Proton Therapy story.
The link has been fixed. Thank you for making us aware of the problem.
The Nurse Navigation page doesn’t show up. It says Page Not Found/
[Editor: It’s fixed now, but it’s an email, not a new page.]
When I click on the “Email The VA Clinical Cancer Trail Navigator” link, it comes back as page not found.
When attempting to “Get in touch” by emailing the VA cancer clinical trial nurse navigator, I’m transferred to a page that doesn’t exist. Can’t get anything done like that.
Hi, I was diagnosed with breast CA in January 2024. I had a lumpectomy on 04Mar24 followed by radiation. I completed my last treatment on 10May24 and started Tamoxifen that I will take for 5 years. Is this trial for newly diagnosed subjects?
Click on the “Email the VA cancer clinical trial nurse navigator “, and it comes back Page Not Found. Way to go VA
The link for the nurse does not work???
Is there a phone number to call???