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VA invites you to watch a live virtual Cancer Cabinet Community Conversation about how VA is taking every opportunity to expand access to best-in-class cancer care for Veterans enrolled in our equal access health care system July 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. 

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.

VA provides best-in-class cancer care to ensure equitable care.

Veterans are encouraged to have conversations with their health care providers about the importance of cancer screening.

Targeted treatment delivers a gene that encodes a protein to a patient’s bladder so it can fight cancer.

A virtual support group helps Veterans receiving care at Lebanon VA support each other through the challenges of head and neck cancer.

More than 38,000 VA colonoscopies have been performed using artificial intelligence (AI) devices.

As part of a new research study that began July [...]

VA supports black Veterans who may be at-risk or in the midst of a cancer journey... reducing barriers to VA’s best-in-class cancer care.

Los Angeles VA scientists are experimenting with the drug APG-157. It is derived from turmeric and has shown promising results in the fight against oral cancer.

VA to host live virtual event: “Cancer Cabinet Community Conversation Highlighting Minority Health Month”

VA is deploying AI technology for use during colonoscopy to assist in recognizing pre-cancerous growths associated with colorectal cancer.