About 40,000 U.S. veterans are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) study published in 2012. For the nearly one in four U.S. military veterans who live in rural areas, getting access to timely, quality cancer care may require journeys of 100 miles or more past fields of corn, cattle or cotton. And those trips to the doctor may require time off from work and seeking assistance from caregivers and others.
In this article for Gene.com, Danielle reports on how Genentech and the VA are collaborating to improve cancer care and access to clinical trials for veterans.