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  • MOVE! program helps cancer survivor and spouse slim down

    MOVE! program helps cancer survivor and spouse slim down

    Veteran and spouse lose 100+ lbs. combined with VA’s MOVE! program after cancer recovery journey.

  • Overcoming the unexpected: Veteran cancer survivor tells her story

    Overcoming the unexpected: Veteran cancer survivor tells her story

    A Veteran of the 82nd Airborne shares her story of beating cancer, with help from VA.

  • Caring for the whole Veteran beyond treatment: VA’s role in cancer survivorship

    Caring for the whole Veteran beyond treatment: VA’s role in cancer survivorship

    In June, VA honors National Cancer Survivor Month by spotlighting the brave journey of Veteran cancer survivors and the many ways they can find support at VA beyond their cancer treatment.

  • Breast cancer survivor urges Veterans to remember their strengths

    Breast cancer survivor urges Veterans to remember their strengths

    A Veteran breast cancer survivor is helping her fellow Veteran brothers and sisters as a VA patient advocate.

  • Aim(ing) for the Moonshot: Cancer Survivorship and Screening

    Aim(ing) for the Moonshot: Cancer Survivorship and Screening

    Aiming for the Moonshot: If you are diagnosed with cancer, Choose VA for your cancer care and survivorship.

  • Painting helps breast cancer survivor express her fears and feelings

    Painting helps breast cancer survivor express her fears and feelings

    Painting gave Air Force Veteran and breast cancer survivor Doreen Patrick an outlet to express her fears, feelings and anxiety.

  • Breast Cancer Survivorship program empowers Veterans to thrive

    Breast Cancer Survivorship program empowers Veterans to thrive

    The Breast Cancer Survivorship program puts control in the hands of Veterans undergoing breast cancer treatment. “I’ll beat this thing again.”

  • Clinical trial explores exercise as pain management technique for lung cancer survivors

    Clinical trial explores exercise as pain management technique for lung cancer survivors

    An innovative clinical trial out of the Baltimore VA Medical [...]

  • VA celebrates Cancer Survivor Month

    VA celebrates Cancer Survivor Month

    June is National Cancer Survivor Month, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is celebrating Veteran cancer survivors and their journeys.

  • Five breast cancer survivors, five stories of hope

    Five breast cancer survivors, five stories of hope

    Tawana Bridges, Susan Rutland, Otis White, Patsy Shipman-Knight and Nelda Hanson are all Veterans and patients at VA North Texas Health Care System. All five spent decades of service in uniform. And all five are breast cancer survivors.

  • Navy Veteran among first participants in Pharmacogenetic Testing program for cancer survivors

    Navy Veteran among first participants in Pharmacogenetic Testing program for cancer survivors

    Navy Veteran and stage 4 lung cancer survivor, Patrick McGuire will be one of the first participants in a new testing program called PHASeR which will provide free genetic testing to cancer survivors cared for by VA.

  • Caring for prostate cancer survivors

    Caring for prostate cancer survivors

    Dr. Ted Skolarus is a urologic oncologist—a physician who treats cancer of the urinary tract and male reproductive system. He is also an investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System in Michigan. His research is focused on survivorship care for men who have undergone treatment for prostate cancer.

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Last updated August 15, 2025

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