The Importance of Genetic Testing for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Cancer is a genetic disease, whether hereditary or not. However, a recent discovery led to a national change in genetic testing guidelines specifically for鈥�
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Surgical Hope for Pancreatic Cancer
The diagnosis of cancer can be tough to process. But when diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a disease commonly known to have low survival rates, patients find鈥�
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Have Hope: Discover Treatment Options for Pancreatic Cancer
By Kacey Finch and Peyton Thomas Pancreatic cancer affects more than 42,000 Americans each year and is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in鈥�
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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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Myths and Facts Surrounding Sepsis
Sepsis, the body鈥檚 reaction to an infection, can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and even death. In light of September being Sepsis Awareness Month, we鈥檝e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 Seconds Count: Identifying and treating sepsis
If you鈥檝e heard the word sepsis and have ignored it 鈥� or don鈥檛 know what it is or why it matters 鈥� you are not alone. Nearly half of Americans have never heard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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Pilot training program aims to improve oncologists' LGBTQ+ literacy
We live in a time of expanding recognition and social acceptance of the spectrum of human sexuality and gender identities. However, even with all this societal鈥�
