Igniting Immunity: Elias Sayour’s Patients Inspire Pioneering mRNA Cancer Vaccine Research

The look in her eyes and her next words would be etched forever in the mind of Elias Sayour, MD, PhD. Months earlier, the girl’s right leg was amputated, the…

Media Coverage of Study Finding COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Sparks Immune Response to Fight Cancer

On Oct. 22 in the journal Nature, MBI researchers published a study finding that patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA…

Study finds COVID-19 mRNA vaccine sparks immune response to fight cancer

October 22, 2025

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived…

Physician Spotlight: Daniel Araujo Aims to Push Oncology Forward Through Early-Phase Studies

Daniel Araujo, MD, who has joined the UF College of Medicine as an associate professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology, strives to provide the best…

Purpose Beyond a Cure: Advancing Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment

Emilie Lynch has passed the 5-year milestone that doctors consider a yardstick for being cured of Hodgkin lymphoma not once but three times. Today, she…

Clinical Trial Helps Frank Find Hope Through Late-Stage Melanoma

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…

Skin Cancer Awareness Month: Expert Shares UF Health’s Approach to Care, New Advances

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…

Be Safe in the Sun: How to Protect Yourself From Skin Cancer and Other Solar-Related Conditions

The school year has begun, which in many parts of the country signals that fall and cooler temperatures are right around the corner. However, in Florida, the…

“Am I at Risk for Skin Cancer?

Sun protection is essential to skin cancer prevention – about 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers and about 86 percent of melanomas are associated with…

Don’t Let it Start, Don’t Let it Spread

As summer approaches, we need to do our best to keep our skin healthy. That means protecting it from harmful ultraviolet, or UV, radiation.