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Chemo care continues through COVID

Posted on Friday, July 24, 2020 10:00 amJuly 20, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, Health, Top Stories by VAntage Point Contributor 988 views

Veterans Robert Taney and Robert Tomlinson were able to get their chemotherapy treatments safely throughout …

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Navy Veteran among first participants in Pharmacogenetic Testing program for cancer survivors

Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:12 pmMarch 26, 2019 Posted in Health by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

Navy Veteran and stage 4 lung cancer survivor, Patrick McGuire will be one of the first participants in a …

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Cyberknife gives Veterans more treatment options for cancer

Posted on Friday, April 20, 2018 10:00 amApril 20, 2018 Posted in Health, Technology by Ed Drohan 884 views

A new robotic treatment recently used for the first time at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa …

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VA enlists IBM’s Watson Health technology in the war on cancer

Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 8:29 amJune 29, 2016 Posted in Health, VA Innovations, VSO / Partners by OMR 390 views

As a tool to help doctors evaluate treatment options for their patients, Watson for Genomics produces a list …