The new UF-coordinated Florida Prostate Cancer Awareness Program will bring together experts and leaders from across the state to tackle prostate cancer.
Posts Tagged ‘American Cancer Society’
UF Prostate Disease Center leads charge for new state prostate disease program
By April Frawley Birdwell • Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: From the Lab, UrologyNew senior associate dean and physician leader of UF COM faculty group practice named
By Karen Dooley • Oct 13th, 2010 • Category: Community Health & Family Medicine, New Hires/AppointmentsMarvin A. Dewar, M.D., J.D., a long-time faculty member in the UF COM’s department of community health and family medicine, as been appointed senior associate dean, chief executive officer and chief medical officer of University of Florida Physicians.
Genetic finding could lead to targeted therapy for neuroblastoma
By April Frawley Birdwell • Jul 6th, 2009 • Category: Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Published PapersResearchers are closer to better treatments of neuroblastoma, the most common form of cancer in babies and the third most common childhood cancer.
Breast MRI shows it’s not the size of the lymph node that signals spread of cancer
By Jennifer Brindise • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Surgery, Top StoriesUsing MRI technology, a UF researcher’s findings suggests a new way to assess whether or not breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.
UF researcher identifies stem cell marker for possible ‘root’ of colon cancer
By Jennifer Brindise • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: From the LabA UF colorectal surgeon identifies a biomarker for colon cancer stem cells, which she believes will help researchers better target the possible ‘root’ of the disease.
$21 million gift to University of Florida to boost cancer initiative and hospital project
By Karen Dooley • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: EventJacksonville couple helped jumpstart cancer program at UF eleven years ago.
Pediatric Hodgkin’s disease survivors face increased breast cancer risk
By Czerne M. Reid • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: From the LabWomen who survived pediatric Hodgkin’s disease were found to be at elevated risk for breast cancer.








