Earlier this year, when University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Ph.D. candidate LaShae Rolle discovered a lump in her breast, she wasn’t especially concerned. After all, she was a healthy 26-year-old with no family history of breast cancer.
As the sun rises above the St. Johns River and casts a glow on the glass buildings of downtown Jacksonville, Florida, Ann Mackey returns from a walk with her dog Maggie and prepares to attend a book club discussion. It's moments like these she has come to truly appreciate after treatment for breast cancer and multiple myeloma.
Each year, thousands of children around the world are diagnosed with cancer. A cancer diagnosis reshapes the lives of entire families, yet many are unaware of the unique challenges young patients and their families face during and after treatment.
Dr. James Jakub, a Mayo Clinic surgical oncologist, explains that TIL therapy can be a one-time treatment for some patients diagnosed with advanced melanoma.
Electron beam therapy, a key treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, often requires prolonged, uncomfortable positioning that prompts some patients to discontinue treatment. A new UF Health Cancer Center invention aims to ease the experience.
When John Shadock went to the doctor to discuss his ongoing migraines in 2019, he was shocked when doctors diagnosed him with glioblastoma and gave him about 12 months to live. Shadock, 41, and his wife Ali, 48, quickly learned that this form of brain cancer is one of the most complex and treatment-resistant cancers. Five years later, his survival is extraordinary, according to Peter Forsyth, MD, chair of the Neuro-Oncology Program at Moffitt Cancer Center, where John is being treated.
During the sweltering summer heat, Don walks the length of his Longboat Key building lobby. Back and forth. Fourteen loops, 16 loops, sometimes 18 loops. He’s tall, thin and built like an athlete. He moves with the grace not often seen in a 77-year-old, most likely thanks to years of playing football and basketball and running track and field.
In a first-ever human clinical trial of four adult patients, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal brain tumor.
Radiation therapy has been used to treat cancer since the beginning of the 20th century. This type of treatment continues to be one of the most effective treatments for cancerous (malignant) and noncancerous (benign) brain tumors. How it is delivered — and the technology used — has continued to evolve and improve.
When Walter "Dick" Whetstone leaves his home in central South Carolina, he's usually wearing a paw print or, at the least, his school colors of orange and purple. The proud Clemson University alumnus didn't realize that what he wore to an appointment would earn him a nickname and a chance to help others.
