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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Copp

The Air Force is expanding a review of cancers for service members who worked with nuclear missiles

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The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed.

The initial study was launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. The Air Force isn't making its initial findings of cancer numbers public for a month or so, but released its initial assessment Monday that more review is necessary.

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