August 1, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have improved a potentially transformative handheld device to detect breast cancer in saliva, simplifying…
Department of Surgery, +5 more
July 2, 2025
JUPITER, Fla. — Cancer-hunting antibodies coupled with a natural compound found in soil microbes proved a powerful combination against an aggressive type of…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center, +2 more
Gainesville resident Chronda Nicholas has been a breast cancer survivor long enough to have her oncologist once tell her he’d bet his own garage her cancer…
Cancer is never part of the plan, nor is giving up the dream of having children. ÍøºìºÚÁÏ’s Oncofertility Program empowers patients with cancer to take…
January 23, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center has formed an alliance with local nonprofit Blossoming Butterfly to support women with breast, ovarian, and…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center, +1 more
Emilie Lynch has passed the 5-year milestone that doctors consider a yardstick for being cured of Hodgkin lymphoma not once but three times. Today, she…
November 26, 2024
In the 1970s, a black-and-white poster of a kitten dangling from a bamboo stick swept the nation with its simple yet inspirational message of “Hang in there,…
College of Nursing, +1 more
October 30, 2024
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center launched a 40-foot-long mobile cancer screening bus Wednesday that will expand access to…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center, +1 more
September 11, 2024
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In recognition of her work to build healthier communities and providing hundreds with power over cancer, Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D., has…
While it’s common knowledge that smoking cigarettes increases cancer risk, somehow alcohol — also known to correlate with higher cancer risk — has escaped the…
