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Our skin and cancer center provides patients individualized treatment of skin cancers and benign growths. Our nationally recognized experts offer state-of-the-art treatment options for both non-melanoma and melanoma cancers, including therapies that are available only through clinical trials.
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is also the rarest. It is the leading cause of death from skin disease.Other common types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma.
Our multidisciplinary treatment team includes physicians, nurses and staff who are experts in all aspects of skin cancer. The exchange of knowledge and opinions among team members means that patients benefit from the combined expertise of multiple cancer specialists from many disciplines who carefully review patient information and develop the best possible treatment plan for each individual.
Our patients benefit from numerous services including:
Our renowned experts utilize the latest innovative technology to provide extensive treatment options. We offer a wide range of technologies in convenient outpatient settings, including:
UF Health research scientists make medicine better every day. They discover new ways to help people by running clinical trials. When you join a clinical trial, you can get advanced medical care. Sometimes years before it's available everywhere. You can also help make medicine better for everyone else. If you'd like to learn more about clinical trials, visit our clinical trials page. Or click one of the links below:
The purpose of the study is to learn from the real world practice of prescribing targeted therapies to patients with advanced cancer whose tumor harbors a genomic variant known to be a drug target or to predict sensitivity to a drug. Note: Due to…
Our community and patient programs provide great value to patients, families and loved ones. People can find support, educational materials, expert consultants and more. In most instances, these programs are offered free of charge.
Pain management treatment plans for cancer patients.
May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and UF Radiation Oncology is out to #ChompSkinCancer beginning May 13! Approximately 5.4 million cases of skin…
February 9, 2024
A team of UF Health Cancer Center researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind compound that could open a new avenue for using immunotherapy to treat various…
College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, UF Health Cancer Center, +2 more
It’s well-known that different kinds of cancer can affect certain populations differently than others. Men make up less than 1 percent of all breast cancer cases, for example. But what about skin...
There may be a down side to that daily aspirin tablet. New research shows that men who take a pill for its many health benefits might also be doubling their risk of melanoma. Northwestern...
As if parents needed another reason to coat their children in sunblock and long-sleeved shirts, they now have one more. A recent study found that young women who had experienced five or more...
