Just like the fighter pilots they supported, many troops who fueled, armed, and maintained warplanes have suffered from cancer or seen their former colleagues diagnosed with the disease. There’s no data yet on how many ground crew members have gotten sick, but a new bill introduced Thursday would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to identify the cancer incidence in the entire aviation community, as well as what toxins they faced, and whether there could be a link to their illnesses.

On March 23, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration approved Pluvicto for the treatment of adult patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men other than skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. About one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, with the average age of diagnosis at 66.

West Coast Operations Director at the Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness Organization, Chas Rodgers, joined KUSI’s Logan Byrnes on “Good Evening San Diego” to discuss the alarming statistic and an upcoming gala that brings this issue to light.

While military pilots are getting the first acknowledgment that they are at higher risk of certain types of cancers, they still don’t know why, whether it’s something in the cockpits or on the flight decks—or something completely unrelated—that they were exposed to during their flying careers.

Mike ‘Bing’ Crosby and Dr. Rich Wahl talk to FOX 5 about the implications of nuclear medicine.