Agent Orange Linked To Renal Cancer
Main Category: Urology / Nephrology
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology; Veterans / Ex-Servicemen
Article Date: 16 May 2011 - 2:00 PDT
In recent years, the prevalence of renal cancer has increased, in part due to the detection of tumors during imaging studies for non-related health concerns. While Agent Orange, a herbicide used during the Vietnam war, has been previously linked to a variety of types of cancers in Vietnam veterans, new data from researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Shreveport, LA, indicates that there may be a connection between veterans' in-country exposure and subsequent development of renal cancer. The findings were presented to reporters during a special press conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on Sunday, May 15 at 11:30 a.m. during the 106th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). The session will be moderated by Anthony Y. Smith, MD.
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Agent Orange Linked To Renal Cancer
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