Physician Spotlight: Driven by the Hope of Improving Blood Cancer Outcomes
Dina Khalaf, MD, was drawn to biology in seventh grade as she learned about the impact of a hepatitis endemic in Egypt. She was moved by the need to help…
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Physician Spotlight: Bringing an Engineering Mindset to Advance Care for Adolescents, Young Adults
A trained biomedical engineer, Leighton Elliott, MD, was 11 hours away on a mission trip in Vietnam helping to fit patients with prosthetic legs when he…
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Physician Spotlight: A Passion for Lung Cancer Care, From Prevention to Survivorship
Devika Das, MD, was fascinated with medicine growing up. She used that passion to propel her through medical school in India. However, it wasn’t until her…
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Kidney Cancer Awareness Month: Multidisciplinary Care is the Key
March is National Kidney Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s a great time to put the spotlight on these amazing organs that act as a pair of janitors in many ways.…
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Colorectal Cancer: A New Tool for Patient-Tailored Care
Colorectal cancer, which occurs in the large bowel in the digestive system, represents one of the most common cancers in Florida and across the United States.…
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Get the answers to cancer-related COVID-19 questions
Stay-at-home restrictions are beginning to lift in several areas across the United States, but immunosuppressed cancer patients are still at high risk of…
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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…
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Mikah’s 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…
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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…
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University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center is a Leader in Cancer Care
Dear Colleagues, The University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center is dedicated to providing Florida residents with leading-edge cancer care and original research…
