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Cancer risk in Veterans enlisted in the United States military after September 11, 2001: A retrospective cohort study

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Potential exposures to toxicants during military deployment may increase the risk of developing cancer. This study was undertaken to determine whether there …

Polygenic risk, Agent Orange exposure, and lymphoid neoplasms in the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program

Abstract: Importance: Agent Orange (AO), a toxic herbicide mixture contaminated with carcinogenic dioxin, was widely used during the Vietnam War. Although epidemiologic evidence …

Survival in Agent Orange exposed and unexposed Vietnam era Veterans who were diagnosed with lymphoid malignancies

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 …