ByĀ Peter Bracke
A new collaboration between UCLA and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System will provide access to the latest therapeutic cancer clinical trials and state-of-the-art care for men and women who have served in the armed forces.
The Operation Mend Project to Enhance Cancer Care for Veterans will involve three UCLA entities: the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Ronald A. Katz Center for Collaborative Military Medicine and Operation Mend.
Veterans have a higher-than-normal risk for many types of cancer, but administrative and financial hurdles often prevent them from having access to clinical trials outside of the VA health care system, where promising new cancer treatments are being tested, said Dr. Fairooz Kabbinavar, a professor of hematology and oncology at UCLA, and a co-leader of the new program.
The two-year project will provide a streamlined and patient-friendly system that will allow Los Angeles-area veterans to enroll in early-phase cancer treatment trials being led by 
UCLA scientists. It is the first time that Southern California veterans will have access to these clinical trials directly through the local VA, and it is the nationās first program to bring experimental cancer-related treatments to veterans.
āRead the Full Article at newsroom.ucla.edu >>>>ā
All content herein is owned by author exclusively.Ā Expressed opinions are NOT necessarily the views of VNR, authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners, technicians, or VT Network.Ā Some content may be satirical in nature.Ā
All images within are full responsibility of the author and NOT VNR.
Read Full Policy Notice - Comment Policy
