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  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on lung cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and maternity care

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on lung cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and maternity care

    VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on a lung cancer treatment, Alzheimer's disease and maternity care.

  • 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.

  • Federal EHR helps catch lung cancer earlier for Veterans

    Federal EHR helps catch lung cancer earlier for Veterans

    The Federal EHR’s Comprehensive Adult Wellness Registry tool has helped more Veterans get early-detection lung cancer screenings.

  • Veterans benefit from early lung cancer detection

    Veterans benefit from early lung cancer detection

    Veterans at risk for lung cancer who receive care at Asheville VA can get screened and treated while cancer is still in its early stages.

  • Veteran’s triumph over lung cancer through early detection

    Veteran’s triumph over lung cancer through early detection

    Army Veteran Kenneth Chandler today is cancer free thanks to early detection.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Aiming for the Moon(shot): Lung cancer awareness

    Aiming for the Moon(shot): Lung cancer awareness

    Lung cancer affects almost 8,000 Veterans every year. VA and NASA come together to encourage Veterans to get screened.

  • 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.

  • Screening and diagnosing lung cancer early

    Screening and diagnosing lung cancer early

    Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer among Veterans with nearly 900,000 Veterans who may be eligible for lung cancer screening.

  • 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 [...]

  • Black Veterans receive equal, or superior, lung cancer care in VA

    Black Veterans receive equal, or superior, lung cancer care in VA

    Non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of lung cancer, is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Surgery is the gold standard treatment for early-stage lung cancer.

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Last updated November 13, 2025

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