Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening: How a Simple Blood Test Saved Marvin’s Life
When Marvin Sanders first received the diagnosis of prostate cancer, he laughed to keep himself from crying. “I was scared and I was shocked,” Marvin said.…
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When Marvin Sanders first received the diagnosis of prostate cancer, he laughed to keep himself from crying. “I was scared and I was shocked,” Marvin said.…
Thomas F. Stringer, MD, a board-certified urologist and associate chairman of UF Health Urology, provides an expert’s perspective on a disease that affects 11%…
When Andy Farina was born, his mother was told he would never walk. Nearly six decades, five children and infinite support later, he is running ultramarathons.…
Colorectal cancer, which occurs in the large bowel in the digestive system, represents one of the most common cancers in Florida and across the United States.…
In 1987, a doctor informed second-grade teacher Laurie Waldo that she had bone cancer. In 2006, she was told she had a malignant tumor in her right breast. In…
October 20, 2021
It can be a disquieting moment for a patient. A lump or bump is found on their neck. It’s a thyroid nodule. Is it cancer? Many of those patients will probably…
College of Medicine, UF Health Cancer Center, +2 more
Christine Coombes has several vivid memories from the beginning of her son’s battle with bone cancer. She remembers hearing the word osteosarcoma and how her…
Performing a simple task like putting a box on a shelf shouldn’t be a life-changing event. But when the box fell and hit Diane on her right breast, trouble…
“Make sure you fight." Jennifer Driggers uttered those four words to her daughter the day after Julianna was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form…
April 29, 2021
It’s the kind of maddening conundrum that often faces people with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a condition involving a narrowing of arteries that…
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, +4 more