Agent Orange Related Health Topics: Cancer

"Content provided by: Agent Orange Exposure Tied to Prostate Cancer Return Study finds vets at higher risk of aggressive recurrence only 8 months after surgery--"

"THURSDAY, April 23, 09 (Health Day News) -- " (Excerpts below)

"U.S. male military veterans exposed to the Agent Orange herbicide/defoliant are at increased risk for aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer, a new study finds."

"It included 1,495 veterans who'd had surgery to remove cancerous prostates. Of those, the 206 men who'd been exposed to Agent Orange were nearly 50 percent more likely to develop an aggressive recurrence of their cancer, even though their disease seemed relatively non-aggressive at the time of surgery."

For full article visit VetsHome.com

"There's increasing evidence that exposure to Agent Orange, which was used during the Vietnam War, increases the risk for a number of health problems. Agent Orange contained a known carcinogen called dioxin, which is also found in herbicides and pesticides used by U.S. farmers, according to background information in the news release about the study."

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B. Eric Rychener
Agent Orange Primer