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Veterans Organizations Call for Early Lung Cancer Detection Research

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, March 2nd, 2009

Leading Veterans organizations this week urged the Administration and Congress to fund early lung cancer detection research at the Veterans Administration -- a call to action strongly supported by the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA).

Each year the Veterans organizations issue the "Independent Budget" request to Congress and the Veterans Administration which contains their priorities for spending on benefits and health care. In their 2010 budget request, AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) called for a $3 million pilot screening program for veterans at high risk for lung cancer.

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