Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Potential exposures to toxicants during military deployment may increase the risk of developing cancer. This study was undertaken to determine whether there …
Abstract: Background/Objective: US military personnel deployed to the Middle East were potentially subjected to harmful exposures, such as carcinogens from burn pits, which may …
Abstract: Importance: Agent Orange (AO), a toxic herbicide mixture contaminated with carcinogenic dioxin, was widely used during the Vietnam War. Although epidemiologic evidence …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: In Vietnam veterans, exposure to military toxicants, such as Agent Orange, may be associated with lymphoid malignancies. Toxicant exposure may increase the …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Many veterans with serious illnesses, such as end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis and advanced cancer requiring treatment infusions, must make …
Abstract: This study investigates the long-term outcomes and causes of death in multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with a focus on …
Abstract: Agent Orange (AO) was an herbicide mixture that was contaminated with the carcinogenic 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. . Between 1962 and 1971, AO was widely sprayed …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: U.S. veterans in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System are managed in a national single-payer system with access to FDA-approved therapies. …
Abstract: This is a retrospective, secondary analysis of electronic health records of a VA cohort of patients diagnosed with LGL leukemia from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2020 …