Targeting Pancreatic Cancer with Radiotherapy
By K.E. Hitchcock, MD PhD for the UF Hope and Healing Blog Survival rates in cancer worldwide have been improving for the last 40 years, but some types, like鈥�
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Grand Adventure: Tumor treatment ensures hike happens
In 2018, David Walther wanted to complete a rim-to-rim hike at the Grand Canyon in one day. He'd conquered the 21-mile hike four times before, but this time鈥�
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Mikah鈥檚 Story
Living a normal life with a rare form of glioblastoma One day in January 2018, Mikah Phillips came home from school with a headache. After it persisted, his鈥�
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When battling sarcoma, is proton therapy a secret weapon?
Sometimes called the 鈥渇orgotten cancer,鈥� sarcoma only makes up approximately 1% of cancer diagnoses in adults 鈥� but about 15% of cancers in those under the age鈥�
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Surviving Childhood Cancer: Lennox鈥檚 Story
June 26, 2017, was the worst day of Gary and Carly Allen鈥檚 lives. It was the day their child, 2 1/2-year-old Lennox Allen, was diagnosed with an aggressive鈥�
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Kidney Cancer 鈥� a Silent Disease
Jessica Van Leer was experiencing pain in her abdomen when she arrived at the BOB体育 Shands Hospital E.R. After a series of tests, the medical team had two鈥�
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Timing of Adjuvant Mitomycin C Administration May Impact Bladder Cancer Recurrence Following Nephroureterectomy
Researchers at University of Florida Health are among the first investigators to evaluate the impact of the timing of intravesical mitomycin C administration鈥�
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University of Florida Researchers Complete a Preclinical Study Using Tumor Derived RNA Nanoparticle Vaccines for Head and Neck Cancer
Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology examined the anti-tumor activity of tumor-derived RNA nanoparticles鈥�
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University of Florida Researchers Investigate Chronic Opioid Use in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
At a time when overdose deaths from prescription and non-prescription opioids have reached epidemic proportions, researchers at the University of Florida鈥�
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University of Florida Health Cancer Center is a Leader in Cancer Care
Dear Colleagues, The University of Florida Health Cancer Center is dedicated to providing Florida residents with leading-edge cancer care and original research鈥�
