When Karen Weatherman thought she was out of options in her fight against advanced pancreatic cancer, a treatment newly available at UF Health came to her rescue. On Oct. 6, Weatherman began getting treatment with a novel radiopharmaceutical agent, Lutathera, under the care of Robert Zlotecki, MD,…
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has awarded a University of Florida team the 2022 Conquer Cancer Merit Award for their research abstract submitted to the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. The Merit Award program was established in 1995 to recognize high quality abstracts submitted…
If you are a man between the ages of 55 and 69, September is a good time to schedule a prostate screening, one that includes both a PSA blood test and prostate examination. Consider the numbers: Prostate cancer is the most common genitourinary cancer treated by a urologist and the…
The University of Florida Department of Radiation Oncology has received the UF Health “Likely to Recommend” Press Ganey Patient Experience award for the 2021 Fourth Quarter. Patients receive the Press Ganey survey within 24 hours of a hospital discharge or physician visit. The questions measure service and communication performance, such…
UF Radiation Oncology celebrated the unveiling of its 1.5-Tesla MRI-guided linear accelerator, the Elekta Unity, on July 21. The Unity will welcome its first patients at the end of the month. “This technology provides more opportunities to improve our use of radiation therapy than we’ve ever had,” said…
Assistant Professor Lola Oladeru, MD, MA, MBA (right), an NIH/NMA Fellow, has been selected to receive a National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Medical Association (NMA) travel award. The award provides air travel, hotel accommodations, and meals to recipients, who are required to attend a two-day NIH Workshop on…
June is designated as National Cancer Survivor Month – with June 7 named National Cancer Survivors Day – to help raise awareness about living as a cancer survivor. Several organizations offer free resources for survivors, their families, and caregivers. Among them, the American Association for Cancer Research…
Nutrients are poorly absorbed in space, and Associate Professor Sadasivan Vidyasagar, MBBS, PhD explains how a combination of UF Radiation Oncology and space research is helping cancer patients. View the WCJB interview here.
Pluvicto, a targeted therapy for progressive, PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, has been approved for clinical use by the FDA. On April 26, UF Health Radiation Oncology became the first in the state of Florida to administer it to patients.* Pluvicto is a next generation radioligand treatment…
The UF Health Proton Therapy Institute (UFHPTI) recently announced the addition of two new physics faculty members to their team. Twyla Willoughby, PhD, FAAPM (right), a University of Florida alumna, received her PhD from UF’s medical physics graduate program. Dr. Willoughby brings over 25 years of clinical experience to UFHPTI…
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