Family faces two brain tumor diagnoses in four months
Just four months after Orlando Sentinel editor Beth Kassab’s husband, Grady, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, she received a brain tumor diagnosis of her own.
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The Brain’s A-Team: UF’s Heavy Hitters of Neuroscience
Diseases of the brain steal: Some steal balance, others memory; some take away the ability to walk, even speak. Some result in a decline that’s long and gradual, or heartbreakingly fast. Each condition is devastating in its own way for those afflicted and for all the people who love them.
UF Health brain tumor team honored at annual meeting
November 27, 2017 – The Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy team had an impressive showing at the 2017 Society for Neuro-Oncology, or SNO, meeting in San Francisco, California, held Nov. 16-19. Assistant professor Loic Deleyrolle, Ph.D., and post doctoral fellow Lan Hoang-Minh, Ph.D., received a Top…
Sen. John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
July 20, 2017 – What do we know about the type of brain cancer with which Senator John McCain has been diagnosed? UF Health Neurosurgeon Maryam Rahman, M.D., is a member of the research team led by Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., to develop safe and more targeted treatments using immunotherapy for patients with malignant brain…
Phase II brain cancer trial now open for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma
May 26, 2017 By Marilee Griffin – A new phase II clinical trial currently enrolling patients with glioblastoma is now open at the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy at UF. The study builds on prior UF…
Battling brain cancer
Fall 2016 By Michelle Koidin Jaffee – Elias Sayour spent years working toward becoming a pediatric oncologist so he could help kids fight cancer. He always imagined taking care of patients; he didn’t think research was really his thing. But as a fellow in…
UF Health Cancer Network earns national accreditation for quality care
January 30, 2017 By Marilee Griffin – The UF Health Cancer Network, comprising UF Health and the UF Health Cancer Center at Orlando Health, has received a three-year accreditation with commendation by the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.
Cancer cells’ transition can drive tumor growth
December 21, 2016 By Doug Bennett – As cancerous tumors fester in the body, they need an ever-increasing blood supply to deliver the oxygen and nutrients that fuel their growth. Now, a team led by University of Florida Health researchers has established how some tumors bolster…
UF Health Shands Hospital among nation’s best
August 2, 2016 By Nickie Doria – University of Florida Health Shands Hospital is now tied for top adult hospital in Florida, according to the 2016-2017 U.S. News & World Report adult specialty rankings of the nation’s hospitals. Rankings were released today (Aug. 2), and UF Health Neuromedicine…
