The community grants will support eight new and ongoing cancer screening and prevention projects this year.| floridacancerresearch.org
The symposium aimed to provide a forum for cancer researchers to share their latest research, with a focus on cervical cancer.| cancer.ufl.edu
Lakeshia Cousin will also serve as clinical director of the Cancer Center’s mobile mammography unit, set to launch this fall.| cancer.ufl.edu
To better serve this population, the mobile mammography unit will feature more than just mammograms.| cancer.ufl.edu
The projects range from small-molecule drug discovery for novel cancer therapeutics to community outreach efforts for breast cancer screening.| cancer.ufl.edu
The gathering aimed to empower community members by providing health-quality health information about colorectal cancer.| cancer.ufl.edu
The catchment area is characterized by disproportionately higher cancer incidence and mortality rates than other regions in Florida. These disparities are evident in medically underserved populations, which include rural populations (16 out of 23 counties are rural), more than a quarter of racial/ethnic minority residents (26% underrepresented minorities, 16% of which are non-Hispanic Black and…| Cancer Center
The program develops and translates immunotherapy modalities, such as RNA-based vaccines, adoptive cellular therapies, genetically modified T cells and microbiome-based therapy, into first-in-human studies. The Comparative Oncology Initiative has allowed IOM investigators to validate new technologies in pet dog trials while a cadre of clinical trialists move these and other UF findings into human application.…| Cancer Center