Studies bile duct cancer in Vietnam veterans

Orders the Department of Veterans Affairs to study how common bile duct cancer is among veterans who served in the Vietnam war area, and to compare that rate with U.S. residents.

• VA must study and report how many Vietnam-era veterans in the Vietnam war area got bile duct cancer
• The study must compare their cancer rate with the rate among U.S. residents
• VA must track bile duct cancer cases in its central cancer registry
• VA must send Congress follow-up reports on the study and registry data

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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