Jonathan Licht, M.D., Director, UF Health Cancer Center Researchers at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Moffitt Cancer Center received a five-year, $3.95 million NIH grant to study how uveal melanoma spreads to…
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In March, the Florida Department of Health announced the award of 10 grants totaling $4.9 million to nine UF Health Cancer Center investigators. The grants were provided through the state’s Live Like Bella Pediatric Cancer Research Initiative, the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the…
Published in Nature Communication on Feb. 17, 2020 Relapse is the major cause of death after acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment. Leukemia stem cells (LSCs) are a small population of leukemia cells that possess the capacity of enhanced self-renewal and leukemia initiation, and are able to differentiate to bulk leukemia…
A new research program to understand the effect of COVID-19 on health care workers is soon to be underway at University of Florida Health and other sites across the country. A clinical trial to evaluate whether hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 infections is also being planned.
On April 3, the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council (CCRAB), North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC), and UF Health Cancer Center hosted Cancer in the Time of Coronavirus webinar on Zoom. In this webinar, speakers Christopher Cogle, M.D., and Amar…
Sandra Davis-Quinney has been met with bumps, curves and stops on the ride that is her cancer journey. Even with the rough roads she’s endured, Sandra tries to stay hopeful, resiliently staying on the ride. Staying on the ride is exactly what brought her to UF Health Cancer Center’s…
UF Health’s first fully robotic Whipple procedure provides hope to pancreatic cancer patients.
Jeopardy! Game show host Alex Trebek recently announced that his pancreatic cancer is in partial remission. UF Health radiation oncologist Robert A. Zlotecki, M.D., discusses approaches to treating the disease.
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