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  • How do I know if prostate cancer screening is right for me?

    How do I know if prostate cancer screening is right for me?

    With the help of your VA provider, you can learn whether prostate cancer screening is right for you.

  • Lung cancer screening: Early detection can save your life

    Lung cancer screening: Early detection can save your life

    With just a 5-minute-long CT scan, you can detect lung cancer when it’s most treatable.

  • New breast cancer screening recommendations

    New breast cancer screening recommendations

    VA now recommends starting screening for breast cancer with mammography or X-rays of the breasts at age 40.

  • Lung cancer screening

    Lung cancer screening

    Given his age and history of smoking, his nurse practitioner recommended a CT scan that revealed stage 1 lung cancer.

  • Breast cancer screenings could save your life

    Breast cancer screenings could save your life

    VA offers preventative screenings and treatment for women Veterans with breast cancer or who may be at risk of breast cancer.

  • The importance of colorectal cancer screening

    The importance of colorectal cancer screening

    VA’s Emmy award-winning PSA educates Veterans on importance of colorectal cancer screening.

  • Expanding access to colorectal cancer screening and treatment

    Expanding access to colorectal cancer screening and treatment

    VA brings colorectal cancer screening to Veterans’ homes while providing cutting-edge care.

  • VA Leading the Way: The lifesaving impact of lung cancer screening

    VA Leading the Way: The lifesaving impact of lung cancer screening

    Air Force Veteran Douglas Cross was diagnosed with lung cancer and received his care at the Houston VA.

  • A Veteran’s journey through lung cancer screening at VA

    A Veteran’s journey through lung cancer screening at VA

    A Marine Corps Veteran had a CT scan. The screening revealed early-stage lung cancer. Here's his care journey through VA.

  • Houston VA lung cancer screening program saves lives

    Houston VA lung cancer screening program saves lives

    Less than two years in, an innovative lung cancer screening [...]

  • Increasing Veteran access to colon cancer screenings

    Increasing Veteran access to colon cancer screenings

    Dr. Jason Dominitz is working to spread mailed test kits, an at-home solution to colon cancer screening, on a national scale.

  • VA launches largest ever liver cancer screening study

    VA launches largest ever liver cancer screening study

    VA to study the most effective screening technique for liver cancer. This is the largest clinical trial in history related to liver cancer screening.

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Last updated December 11, 2025

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