DOTmed July 17, 2023
To accommodate the expansion of patients eligible for cancer treatment under the PACT Act, Stanford Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System are building a National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and research center on the VA Palo Alto campus.
President Joe Biden signed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act into law in August 2022 for expanding and improving healthcare access for veterans exposed to toxic substances, such as from burn pits, during military service.
The legislation specifically targets veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf, and post-9/11 wars, and extends care for over 20 conditions presumably caused by toxic exposures, including brain, pancreatic, and kidney cancers;...
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