United States Veterans Administration

Acknowledgements. These studies were supported by the United States Veterans Administration (4323-01) and USPHS Research Grant CA-15189 from the National Cancer Institute. 

This work was supported in part by the United States Public Health Service Grant CA-14905 from the National Cancer Institute through the National Large Bowel Cancer Project, and by the Veterans Administration Medical Research Service. 

DNA = deoxyribonucleio aoid NCI = National Cancer Institute NCRR = National Center for Researoh Resources NHLBI = National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NIEHS = National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH = National Institutes of Health NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USDA = United States Department of Agrioulture USDOE = United States Department of Energy VA = Veterans Administration... 

A two-stage classification established by the Veterans Administration Lung Cancer Study Group is widely used in the United States to stage SCLC. Limited disease is classified as disease confined to one hemithorax and to the regional lymph nodes. All other disease is classified as extensive. Approximately 70% of patients initially present... 

Veterans Administration (officially, United States Department of Veterans Affairs)... 

The preparation of this chapter was supported in part by research grants AM 01383 from the National Institutes of Arthritis, Metabolic and Digestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service and PCM77-15825 from the National Science Foundation, and by the Medical Research Service of the Veterans Administration. 

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