The University of Florida Health Cancer Center stands alone in the state of Florida in its unique ability to blend comprehensive patient care and innovative research in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

It boasts a membership of more than 300 researchers and clinicians from across the University of Florida and UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center. The UF Health Cancer Center and its members are dedicated to providing leading-edge cancer care and conducting original research for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

The UF Health Cancer Center is consistently finding new and better treatments through research and exceptional patient outcomes. Some highlights from the center include:

• A state-designated Cancer Center of Excellence
• Development of new types of brain immunotherapy
• North Florida’s most successful bone marrow transplant program
• Several firsts in human trials, including cooperative group, industry-sponsored and national studies
• Collaboration with the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to develop new methods using 3D printed cells of soft matter
• Individualized leukemia and solid tumor treatments based on people’s genes and their mutations