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  1. www.publichealth.va.gov › agent-orange-2021Agent Orange Newsletter - 2021 - Public Health

    Sep 10, 2021 · INTRODUCTION. Welcome to the 2021 issue of the annual Agent Orange Newsletter. This issue presents a profile of Vietnam Veteran Michelle Taylor; new Agent Orange presumptions; information about free yoga and meditation classes; services provided by VA Environmental Health Coordinators; and more. Find past issues of the Agent Orange Newsletter.

  2. www.publichealth.va.gov › docs › agentorangeAgent Orange Newsletter 2021 - VA Public Health

    4 Liver fluke infection and bile duct cancer 5 VA’s tactical herbicide and Agent Orange location list – New updates 6 Vietnam Veteran profile Michelle Taylor - Former nurse and Agent Orange Registry participant 6 Intergenerational health effects and exposures VA ADDS THREE NEW AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIONS. VA presumes that . certain conditions ...

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  4. www.disabilityhelp.org › agent-orange-compensationAgent Orange Compensation Back Pay: What Veterans Need To Know

    Oct 10, 2023 · This compensation provides tax-free monthly payments to veterans who have health conditions caused by their exposure to Agent Orange during their service. The VA determines eligibility based on each veteran's claim. However, certain cancers and other illnesses are assumed to be caused by Agent Orange, referred to as "presumptive conditions."

  5. www.cancer.org › agent-orange-and-cancerAgent Orange and Cancer Risk | American Cancer Society

    The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has linked exposure to Agent Orange (and some other herbicides) to certain cancers and cancer precursors in its most recent report, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018): Sufficient evidence of an association. Soft tissue sarcoma. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) Hodgkin ...

  6. prevention.cancer.govHome | Division of Cancer Prevention

    The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Information Specialists can refer people who have been displaced by Hurricane Helene to nearby cancer centers or NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) sites to continue their care. Call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) Online LiveHelp® chat. M-F, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. ET.

  7. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesThree Primary Cancers in a Veteran With Agent Orange and ...

    Jun 17, 2021 · In the Veterans and Agent Orange Update, NHL notably has a sufficient level of evidence of association with Agent Orange exposure. 5 Although our patient’s extensive history of poly-substance use confounds the effect Agent Orange may have had on his health, cutaneous large B-cell NHL is an interesting exception as literature does not support even a correlative link between smoking and ...

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  9. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesHow Agent Orange impacts prostate cancer risk, pathology, and ...

    Jun 21, 2024 · Agent Orange, an herbicide, is a known risk factor for various cancers, including sarcoma and leukemia, but less is known about its link with prostate cancer (PC). Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in men and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death in men worldwide. In 2023, approximately 288,300 patients ...