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  • Vietnam Veteran finds new hope through VA support and cancer research

    Vietnam Veteran finds new hope through VA support and cancer research

    Vietnam Veteran has treatment, community care and clinical trials managed by VA’s Cancer Clinical Research Service

  • Taking steps to stop a common cancer

    Taking steps to stop a common cancer

    Colorectal cancer is one of the most diagnosed cancers among Veterans.

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on hospice care, cancer treatment and burn pits

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on hospice care, cancer treatment and burn pits

    VA Research recently published research findings on hospice, a promising new precision cancer treatment and the link between burn pits and sinus disease.

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on Agent Orange, Parkinson’s disease and opioid use

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on Agent Orange, Parkinson’s disease and opioid use

    VA Research published new findings on skin cancer linked to Agent Orange exposure, Parkinson's disease and a potential new treatment for substance use disorder.

  • Revolutionizing cancer treatment for Veterans

    Revolutionizing cancer treatment for Veterans

    Veterans battle liver cancer with groundbreaking histotripsy at Houston VA, offering non-invasive, hope-filled cancer treatment.

  • A male Veteran’s journey through breast cancer

    A male Veteran’s journey through breast cancer

    Highlighting the importance of screening to identify and treat male breast cancer

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on Alzheimer’s disease, aging and pancreatic cancer

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on Alzheimer’s disease, aging and pancreatic cancer

    VA Research recently published findings on Alzheimer's disease, returning Veterans to home after nursing care, and pancreatic cancer.

  • Vitamin B3 can reduce skin cancer development

    Vitamin B3 can reduce skin cancer development

    VA data sheds new light on the effectiveness of nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, in reducing skin cancer development.

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on gastric cancer, chronic kidney disease and multiple sclerosis

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on gastric cancer, chronic kidney disease and multiple sclerosis

    VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research advances on a potential new treatment for gastric cancer, the needs of Veterans with chronic kidney disease and multiple sclerosis.

  • Cancer care & well-being: VA empowers Veterans nationwide

    Cancer care & well-being: VA empowers Veterans nationwide

    Veterans are strongly encouraged to talk to their VA provider about the wrap-around, whole health approach to cancer care available at VA.

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on suicide prevention, blast exposure, and cancer

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on suicide prevention, blast exposure, and cancer

    VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research finding on suicide prevention, blast exposure and a potential new lymphoma treatment.

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on brain-computer interfaces, cancer treatment and age-friendly care

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on brain-computer interfaces, cancer treatment and age-friendly care

    VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research advances on brain-computer interfaces, a potential new lymphoma treatment and the benefits of age-friendly care.

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