A story in yesterday’s Washington Post suggests that US veterans seeking care for prostate cancer and other urologic conditions at the Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ, received the short end on a very short stick in the 2 years after the initial patient scheduling problems came to light. … READ MORE …
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A new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has provided data regarding the survival of men of 65 years and older diagnosed with and treated for selected cancers within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system as compared to similar men treated under the fee-for-service Medicare system. This study has received a lot of media coverage. … READ MORE …
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Reports yesterday in the Philadelphia Inquirer and in the New York Times detail what appear to be a series of truly miserable cases of mistreatment of nearly 100 prostate cancer patients at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Philadelphia between February 2002 and May 2008. … READ MORE …
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