New Data Shows Veterans Suffer Higher Rates of Cancer
11/01/2019 12:00 AM Source: AAN by: AAN Staff
After two decades of war, America's veterans are experiencing a startling spike in various serious, often fatal cancers.
Those who've served in the War on Terror and their families are questioning if their exposure to certain chemicals more common in bivouac areas and at the front have given them a higher likelihood of developing cancers.
Per McClatchy:
McClatchy found that the rate of cancer treatments for veterans at Department of Veterans Affairs health care centers increased 61 percent for urinary cancers â — which include bladder, kidney and ureter cancers â — from fiscal year 2000 to 2018.
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