STRICKEN: Military veteran cancer rates on the rise

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06/28/23

A review by McClatchy found the rate of cancer treatments for veterans at VA health care centers from FY2000 to FY2018 showed significant increases in blood cancers, prostate cancer and urinary tract cancers.

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