cancer

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At the Dallas VA, a new weapon in the fight against cancer in the Veteran population was recently unveiled. Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) was performed on a Veteran with liver cancer.

A new VA partnership with Duke University and Baylor College of Medicine will help build a National Women Veterans Oncology System of Excellence.

Telehealth is not an option for hematology and oncology patients or the DC team who takes care of them. Veteran patients must come in for blood smears, biopsies, radiographic exams and chemotherapy.

VA's Precision Oncology program has significantly grown over the past several years and today is used in almost every VA oncology practice nationwide.

Team Rubicon, a Veteran-led non profit, has launched the Emergency Food Assistance Program to help at-risk Americans with food delivery.

When Marine Corps Veteran Roland Guidry was diagnosed with cancer, his VA nurse arranged for the Dream Foundation to help him see his far-flung family. “VA has done an awesome job with my care.”

Veterans with cancer can have adverse effects at home following chemotherapy. That’s why VA’s Minneapolis medical center is using Annie, VA’s text messaging system to help them manage those symptoms.

For two Army Vietnam Veterans fighting cancer, living at the Houston VA Fisher House has taken the worry out of everyday living and getting better. 

Care at VA Medical Center 25 years ago inspired one Veteran's wife to write a song based on their experiences. Now, the wife is sharing her song.

Vernique Lynn is a Navy Veteran, heart-transplant recipient, and two-time cancer survivor whose life was saved by VA Salt Lake and community partners.

APOLLO is a complex acronym for a data collection project with an important goal: individualized cancer treatment. VA is working with federal partners in largely unprecedented cancer research.