Finding Friends and Celebrating Survivorship at UF Health Proton Therapy Institute
We often find patients form friend groups while being treated at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute. They meet during luncheons at the institute or while…
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‘Another bump in the road:’ COVID-19 from the perspective of UF Health cancer patients
Before COVID-19, cancer patients were united by their fight against the disease, no matter the difference in type, location or stage. Today, they’re united by…
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Targeting Pancreatic Cancer with Radiotherapy
By K.E. Hitchcock, MD PhD for the UF Hope and Healing Blog Survival rates in cancer worldwide have been improving for the last 40 years, but some types, like…
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When battling sarcoma, is proton therapy a secret weapon?
Sometimes called the “forgotten cancer,” sarcoma only makes up approximately 1% of cancer diagnoses in adults — but about 15% of cancers in those under the age…
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Surviving Childhood Cancer: Lennox’s Story
June 26, 2017, was the worst day of Gary and Carly Allen’s lives. It was the day their child, 2 1/2-year-old Lennox Allen, was diagnosed with an aggressive…
