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In the last year of his life, Frank Parrillo underwent four craniotomies and several grueling rounds of radiation to treat melanoma that had spread to his brain.

Approximately 66,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Michael Wallace, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic, warns that early signs of this deadly disease are easy to miss.

Today, at age 31, Manuel Garcia has been cancer-free for five years. He works at his family’s business, representing manufacturers of high-end decorative plumbing. And he’s back in the sky, leaping out of airplanes again — and off cliffs and bridges, too.

Adding the immunotherapy drug nivolumab to a mix of chemotherapy drugs outperformed the current standard therapy for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma in a large clinical trial. The new study is rapidly changing how patients are being treated internationally and at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, said Craig Moskowitz, M.D., Sylvester’s physician-in-chief.

In March, Brian Principe became the first patient at Mayo Clinic in Florida to have surgery to implant a pump directly into his hepatic artery so he could receive liver-directed chemotherapy for his colon cancer. Mayo Clinic is the only center in North Florida to offer the therapy.

Oncologists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers throughout Florida debated controversial treatments and shared practical insights from new data in blood, lung, gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Annual Oncology Update 2024.

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center launched a 40-foot-long mobile cancer screening bus Wednesday that will expand access to lifesaving cancer screenings and essential health care services, including 3D mammograms and cervical, colon, and prostate cancer screenings.

Advances in treatment including surgical innovations are helping women and their health care teams personalize care and improve quality of life.

Breast cancer takes a major toll on Caribbean women. Patients in the region are commonly diagnosed at a younger age than in the U.S., and they have one of the highest mortality rates in the world from the disease.

Researchers at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center are conducting innovative clinical trials that aim to improve care for patients with breast cancer.