Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., associate director for community outreach and engagement at the UF Health Cancer Institute, has been elected vice chair of the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council.
Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived significantly longer than those who did not get the vaccine, researchers have found.
Working with oncologists, Carma Bylund, Ph.D., and study first author Naomi Parker, Ph.D., both from the UF Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, are piloting an “information prescription” to steer patients to sources of evidence-based information like the American Cancer Society.
A new study by University of Florida researchers and collaborators has found that a popular class of weight loss drugs is associated with lower cancer risk.
“Our goal is to understand how we can meet the real-world needs of cancer survivors and caregivers, with a focus on quality of life,” said Kathryn Pluta, Ph.D.
“This fellowship is a great opportunity to dive deeply into the needs of patients and providers and address their barriers to lung cancer screening.” The National Cancer Institute awarded a prestigious fellowship in July to dual M.D./Ph.D. student Miranda Reid to…
Two teams of UF Health Cancer Center researchers have been awarded pilot funding to use artificial intelligence to advance innovative cancer research.
“Excessive screening opens the door for a lot of negative consequences,” said Jennifer LeLaurin, Ph.D., an assistant professor of health outcomes and biomedical informatics at the University of Florida and lead author of the new study.
Young patients with cancer need support when it comes to scholastic performance, which can be an empowering and motivating force during the challenges of cancer treatment, UF Health Cancer Center researchers have found.
Rahma Mkuu, Ph.D. Rahma S. Mkuu, Ph.D., answers questions about the first device approved by the FDA for cervical cancer screening. The device from the company Teal Health has an accuracy for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) that equals tests conducted in a medical office. Nearly all cervical cancers…
