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A Trip to Take Before You Travel Orlando Healths Health Service for Travelers
By Lisa Nickchen, Editorial Contributor
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Orlando Health earns highest quality rating for heart care and cancer care for the second time
ORLANDO, Fla. (February 4, 2016) - Orlando Health received its second, consecutive Overall 3 Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for providing excellent care to patients undergoing bypass surgery and lobectomy for lung cancer.
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UF Health Cancer Center Is In The News
There are many developments happening at UF Health Cancer Center.
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Orlando Health performs Florida's first Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer
Discover a new solution for lymphedema.
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Orlando Health and the YMCA of Central Florida expand affiliation
Alliance focuses on health and wellness of the community.
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The Evolution and Revolution of Women’s Health Care
Women are part of an evolving healthcare movement that only within the past 30 years has recognized their specific wellness and treatment.
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Orlando Health Opens First Proton Therapy Center in Central Florida
ORLANDO, FL. (April 4, 2016) –Central Florida has a valuable new tool in the fight against cancer. Orlando Health has officially opened The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy, bringing state-of-the-art cancer treatment options to those battling cancer in Central Florida. The center, the first to offer proton therapy treatments in Central Florida, joins an elite group of proton therapy centers around the world. It is the third pro-ton therapy center to open in the state of Florida and only the 23rd in the nation. Currently there are 67 proton therapy centers worldwide.
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Orlando Health's Heart Care and Cancer Care Recognized With Highest Quality Rating
Orlando, Fla. (February 1, 2017) --- Orlando Health received its fourth consecutive Overall 3 Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for providing excellent care to patients undergoing bypass surgery as well as a fourth consecutive 3 Star rating for care delivered to patients having a lobectomy for lung cancer. The organization also received its second consecutive 3 star rating for aortic valve surgery. For the first time the organization received an Overall 3 Star Rating for aortic valve replacement with bypass surgery.
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Lisa Cooper: My Breast Cancer Survival Story
Most of us have been touched by cancer, either directly or indirectly. Pink October is a reminder to remember those lost to breast cancer, to encourage those still fighting, to celebrate the survivors and to prevent future cases. A year ago, I had my own battle with breast cancer. As a health care practitioner working in prevention and wellness, I felt almost immune to the possibility of developing cancer. I was healthy, I ate right, and I thought I knew the risk factors. In hindsight, I had more risks than I wanted to admit. With 1 in 8 women developing breast cancer, the likelihood that many of us will be touched personally is high.
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Orlando Health Among the First to Use Innovative Technology to Diagnose Lung Cancer
Orlando, FL. (January 24, 2019) – Physicians at Orlando Health Cancer Institute are fighting lung cancer with innovative technology to view the inside of the lungs and obtain tissue samples for biopsy.
