February 2018

VA HSR&D researchers conduct an extensive number of investigations designed to improve clinical decision-making and care, inform patients, evaluate changes in the healthcare system, and inform VA policymaking. In Progress is a quarterly publication that highlights ongoing HSR&D research on various topics.

In This Issue: Improving Cancer Care

• Overview

Individual Research Studies on Cancer

• Multilevel Intervention to Improve Care for Veterans
  with Hepatocellular Cancer


• Helping Optimize Information for Cancer and Effective Pain Management


• Enhancing the Value of End-of-Life Care for Veterans with Cancer


• Palliative Care Intervention for Newly Diagnosed VA Outpatients with Lung Cancer


• Incorporating Veterans' Preferences into Lung Cancer Screening Decisions