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…
The UF Department of Radiation Oncology has announced that Assistant Professor Kathryn Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D.; Associate Chair for Research Dietmar Siemann, Ph.D.; and Assistant Professor Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, M.D., M.P.H. (below) have been recognized as Exemplary Teachers for 2021-2022 . Faculty…
Announced March 22, 2022, Alexandra De Leo, M.D. (shown right), has been named a recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Resident Educator Award by the Society of Teaching Scholars. This award recognizes Dr. De Leo’s excellence in teaching colleagues and medical students. Designated by program directors, and sponsored by the Society…
Adam L. Holtzman, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Jacksonville, was appointed Deputy Operations Editor of the International Journal of Particle Therapy (IJPT) on March 1, 2022. In his new role, Dr. Holtzman will lead IJPT’s editorial team and will work in collaboration with Editor-in-Chief, Nancy P.
Transitioning from Cancer Treatment Successful cancer treatments (radiation, chemotherapy and surgery) and the effects of disease often impact cancer patients long after their treatment is over, and may require lifelong follow-up care. Through clinical care, education, counseling, surveillance, and coordination of care, Cancer Survivorship programs utilize a personalized approach to…
In January, the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF) awarded two $10,000 Direct Service Grants to benefit UF Health proton therapy breast cancer patients in Jacksonville and Gainesville. Both projects were designed by a UF Health Proton Therapy Institute team led by Associate Professor Julie Bradley, MDÂ (shown right). Lymphedema: Compress…
On February 23, a Jacksonville woman became the 10,000th person to complete proton therapy at the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute (UFHPTI). Dacia Starratt, a 47-year-old native of Jacksonville’s Oceanway neighborhood (shown right), had 32 daily treatments over a 6- to 7-week period for breast cancer. Proton therapy,…
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