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  • News for Veterans with cancer

    News for Veterans with cancer

    The VA Clinical Trial Navigation program is here to support you during your cancer journey.

  • Special operator defeats cancer with help from VA

    Special operator defeats cancer with help from VA

    Colonoscopy is key for early detection of colon cancer. Men should get screened every 10 years once they reach 45 years of age.

  • Watch: Cancer Cabinet Community Conversation on expanding access to cancer care

    Watch: Cancer Cabinet Community Conversation on expanding access to cancer care

    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. 

  • 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.

  • Black Veterans: New support for fighting cancer

    Black Veterans: New support for fighting cancer

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

  • Veteran’s ovarian cancer treatment at VA

    Veteran’s ovarian cancer treatment at VA

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

  • New gene therapy treatment to fight bladder cancer

    New gene therapy treatment to fight bladder cancer

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

  • Virtual support group helps Veterans with head and neck cancer

    Virtual support group helps Veterans with head and neck cancer

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

  • VA colonoscopies assisted by AI increase pre-cancerous polyp detection rate

    VA colonoscopies assisted by AI increase pre-cancerous polyp detection rate

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

  • New VA study to develop artificial intelligence that can predict aggressive prostate cancer

    New VA study to develop artificial intelligence that can predict aggressive prostate cancer

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

  • Supporting black Veterans with cancer, and their families

    Supporting black Veterans with cancer, and their families

    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.

  • VA clinical trial: Promising results in combating oral cancer

    VA clinical trial: Promising results in combating oral cancer

    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.

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