How the VA is Using AI to Target Cancer

When Tam Mai Huynh found out in 2016 that the source of his nagging cough was lung cancer, it came as a shock. A recently retired Army Special Forces veteran and married father of two young children, Huynh never had smoked. Nor did he have a family history of cancer. Nevertheless, the disease had spread to Huynh's spine, lymph nodes, and brain. He began chemotherapy, driving two hours every two to three weeks from his home to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Durham, North Carolina.