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• New Treatments for Lung Cancer

  Harnessing the body’s immune system to help destroy lung cancer cells is the goal of new therapies being developed at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among both men and women, causing more deaths every year than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, according to the Cancer Research Institute. Cigarette smoking is responsible for nearly 80 percent of lung cancers.

• Orlando Health Provides Patients with Improved Outcomes Through Increased Access to Innovative Oncology Treatments by Joining the Excelera Network

  Orlando, FL (July 23, 2020) — Orlando Health is the first health system in Florida to partner with Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, to further optimize its specialty pharmacy services and to provide patients with increased access to limited distribution drugs (LDDs), which include innovative oncology treatments. The partnership will lead to improved outcomes for complex patients by streamlining the patient journey and providing comprehensive care through an in-network, integrated care team that includes a specialty pharmacist.

• Skin Cancer Patients Benefit From Next-Generation Treatments

  By Diana Lomont, Editorial Contributor

• Orlando Health Proton Therapy Reaches Treatment Milestone

  ORLANDO, Florida, July 24, 2019 – Central Florida’s only proton therapy center is reaching a major milestone this week.

• New High-Tech Treatment Extending Lives of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

  By Diana Lomont, Editorial Contributor

• A New Treatment Option for Knee and Hip Replacement

  Your joints are involved in almost every daily activity. For those with osteoarthritis, the condition over time may wear away at your cartilage and cause pain, as bone rubs against bone. Knees and hips are most frequently affected by this condition. When pain medication and other treatments no longer work, you may face the option of joint replacement surgery.

• Patients Benefit from Precision of New Radiation Treatment

  Even when you’re sitting or lying down, a lot of movement is happening inside your body. Just the act of breathing as the lungs expand and contract causes movement in the pancreas, stomach and kidneys. And a full stomach can push against your liver as digestion occurs.

• New Prostate Cancer Treatment Launched at Orlando Health Cancer Institute

  Orlando, FL (February 13, 2023) –This week, oncologists at Orlando Health Cancer Institute introduced patients to a new drug for treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

• Orlando Health Begins Screening Patients at Cancer Treatment Sites

  Orlando, FL (March 24, 2020) – Orlando Health Cancer Institute is implementing temperature checks and verbally screening patients for COVID-19 symptoms as they arrive at locations to receive cancer treatments.

• Implant derived from coral material offers new treatment for patients suffering from knee pain

  Orlando, FL (November 15, 2024) – An Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute surgeon is the first in Florida to implant new technology that utilizes a natural compound found in coral to heal cartilage injuries. Dr. Abhishek Kannan completed the procedure to treat a patient suffering from chronic knee pain on November 11.