Improving Cancer Care for People with HIV

Moffitt’s HIV clinic reduces burdens for patients fighting for their health on two fronts

Mommy, Baby and the Battle Against the Beast

One week after Jamie Losito was diagnosed with breast cancer, she found out she was pregnant. Then began the fight for two lives.

A Heavy Weight on Young Shoulders

The rate of young adults diagnosed with cancer is rising, driving a need for specialized services and more research into why

Personal Experiences with Cancer Care Shape Design of New Hospital

For the patients, families and team members who helped design the new Moffitt McKinley Hospital, the details make the difference

Mobile Monitoring: Making Cancer Care More Accessible

Moffitt researchers and clinicians are taking telehealth to the next level

Infiltrating and Destroying Solid Tumors

Engineering a patient’s immune cells to attack cancer offers new hope for solid tumor patients

Expanding Targets for Cell Therapy

Thanks to the infrastructure in place for blood cancers, Moffitt is ready to expand CAR T-cell therapy to solid tumors

World-Renowned Trumpeter Finds Hope in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trial

Vince DiMartino has had a robust response rate to the combination treatment of two immunotherapy drugs

6 Exercises to Build Strength During Cancer Treatment

Moffitt doctor creates exercise routine to help patients maintain strength and muscle mass during cancer treatment

The Gift of Time: Moffitt Initiative Empowers Patients to Speak Openly About Treatment Decisions

When chemotherapy became more of a burden than a blessing for Donna Dunbar, she made a decision to re-evaluate her goals for care

Moffitt Researches COVID Vaccine Effectiveness in Cancer Patients

Study finds that antibody levels in patients with cancer were not the same as those in healthy adults who had received two doses of the COVID vaccine

Remembering Cassidy Otto

In September 2019 at just 8 years old, what seemed like a common migraine was anything but for Cassidy

Moffitt Commits $52 Million for Supplier Diversity

Expansion hospital construction brings experience, mentorship and jobs to minority-, women-, LGBTQ-, disabled veteran- and Black-owned firms

Tom and Jean Bring Cleaning to Light

A community finds creative solutions to address infection prevention

Stepping Up to the Plate

At 30, star athlete Jarryd Reid was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. Being fit just may have saved his life.

Moffitt Researchers Hone Precision Prevention

Jessica Islam and Tiffany Carson are working to tailor approaches that are more effective for diverse populations.

Two Blaze Trail from Ghana to Moffitt

For progress to be made, someone has to go first

Researching Answers in Africa

Ghana collaboration takes aim at cancer disparities

Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials

With less than 10% of minority cancer patients enrolled in trials, Moffitt is working to break down barriers and increase access to care

Roberto Diaz Celebrates Five Years Free of Kidney Cancer

From Doctor to Patient to Survivor

Finding the Match

Two Moffitt trials aim to provide better outcomes for minority bone marrow transplant patients

Aggressively Facing Advanced Melanoma

Patient Goes for Experimental TIL Therapy

Facing Melanoma with Optimism and Courage

For Kay Gann finding the right oncologist made all the difference

Embracing and Celebrating Our Differences

Moffitt Diversity Fosters a Culture of Equity, Respect and Inclusion

Making an Impact from The First Call

Your cancer doesn’t wait and neither does Moffitt

How to Break a Vicious Cycle of Cancer

Halting breast cancer bone metastasis

Cancer in the time of COVID

Mom Amy Sapien and her son Landen were both diagnosed with cancer. Then the pandemic hit.

Will There Be a Vaccine for Cancer?

The COVID-19 vaccine came out of cancer research, and its success opens the door for future cancer treatments

Moffitt’s Future Taking Shape

Construction is underway on new our inpatient surgical hospital

Necessary Changes to Promote Racial Equity

Leadership Roundtable Addresses Inequities

Leading the Band

By day, Patrick Hwu, MD, works to cure cancer. By night, he wears sunglasses and jams on his keyboard.

Immunology Offers Hope for Melanoma Patients

Novel agents train immune cells

Driving Digital Discovery

Moffitt’s new artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital innovation teams are working to make the cancer center the most digitally enabled ...

Blood Counts

A bone marrow transplant from his brother and the love from his wife brought Caleb Morris back to life.

The Cancer No Man Wants To Talk About

Early Assessment of Penile Cancer Can Prevent Devastating Effects

Courage Lives On: Thursdays with Teddy

Pet therapy volunteer honors wife’s memory

Courage Lives On: Tribute to an Angel

Shepherding Patients along the Journey

Gold Medalist’s Book Teaches Love and Support

Gentle story helps children learn how to help their parents

Why Penile Cancer Poses Research Challenges

Search is on for new treatments

Making A Difference: Spotlight on Dr. Iman Washington

Reducing Toxicity in Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment

Moffitt Nursing Achieves Magnet Designation

Appraisers Confer Exemplars in Patient Care and Innovation

Cuando la Vida Pende de un Hilo

Decidido a enseñar a su hijo a andar, Nicolás Gutiérrez Martínez soportó casi una docena de intervenciones quirúrgicas para intentar salvar una de sus ...

Inestimable Gratitude

Medical Missions Trips Alter Life Focus

A Passion for Health Equity

Dr. Clement Gwede Works to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities.

United Against a Common Enemy

Grasping the Chance with Both Hands

Would you have the strength to allow surgeons to amputate your daughter’s arm if it might save her?

More Than a Label

As a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center, Moffitt is spearheading research to drive a cure

Behind the Microscope

Pathologists — the 'doctor's doctor' — are using next generation genetic testing to provide better diagnosis and treatment options.

Magical Moment

The Call for Courage Bell

For patient Stephanie Stanfield, bell ringing ritual celebrates continuation of life, little victories

Engaging Moffitt’s Community Against Cancer

New leadership role for Dr. Susan Vadaparampil oversees community outreach, engagement

Remembering Aunt Frances

Brothers’ loss fuels opportunity to give back with Miles for Moffitt

Speeding Toward the Cure

Daytona’s Lesa France Kennedy and Bill Christy bring urgency to advocacy for Moffitt.

Surgical 'A' Team Saves 'Aunt B'

In a risky, all-day surgery, Moffitt Cancer Center doctors removed a rare cancerous tumor blocking blood flow to a Brenda Nelson's heart.

Clinical Research and Patient Safety

As a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, Moffitt is charged with conducting investigator-initiated trials, which are designed and mana ...

The Team of Support: Moffitt’s Supportive Care Medicine Department Collaborates to Care for the Whole Patient

Cancer can often leave patients depressed, anxious and sometimes raises existential questions and crises of faith. Helping to relieve these stressors ...

Investigational Drug Service

The Investigational Drug Services pharmacy manages the drugs needed for approximately 300 various early-phase clinical trials administered in Moffitt’ ...

Mind and Body Against Cancer

A Moffitt psychiatrist helps patients while on her own cancer journey.

Clinical Research Unit: A Source of Hope

Look in Moffitt’s Clinical Research Unit (CRU), and you’ll find it in the work of a united team doing whatever is necessary to transform hope into rea ...

Nursing Is Part of Collaborative Team

While some at this stage in their careers might think they have reached their limit, there’s much more still in the sights of Tina Mason.

Partnering in a Free-Trade Zone

Seventy miles southeast of China’s capitol in Beijing, the future of the nation’s personalized cancer care is taking shape in the port city of Tianjin ...

What Is Transfusion Medicine?

Spend time with Kaaron Benson, MD, and you will learn a little about pathology. Spend a little more time, and you will learn how the complexities of t ...

Leadership Lessons Learned

The accolades and numbers make a strong case for Moffitt Cancer Center’s commitment to fostering female leadership.

The Best Hugs: Remembering Margie Schwerdt

The world’s best hugs offered encouragement and unconditional love to all who passed Margie's post at the Gold Valet Information Desk over the last 10 ...

Mentorship Spans Cultures

Yongzi Chen, PhD, came to Tampa as part of the partnership between Moffitt and Tianjin, in which postdocs from her country work at Moffitt on joint re ...

Benefits of an Open Mind

Jhanelle E. Gray, MD, says she never dreamed she would be working at a faraway place like Tianjin, China.

WWII Military Vet: 'Saved by a Woman'

Kropp was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 91. Every doctor refused to take him on as a patient because of his age — all but one.

Care Embodied Through Love and Faith

Caregivers come from different walks of life, are different ages and are related to those requiring care in various ways. There is no one face of a ca ...

Six Years Later: A New Normal

Eight and a half years ago, Steve Barber couldn’t imagine the life-changing challenge that lay ahead of him – or that it would take two strong women t ...

One in a Million

As Emerald Cromwell battles a rare adrenal cancer, she learns two close friends have the same disease.

Tenacious New Mom Fights Smart

Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy is a wife, mother, attorney, small business owner, immediate past president of the George Edgecomb Bar Association and, now, a ...

Battling Tough Odds

How Women in Moffitt’s Gastrointestinal Oncology Clinic Are Paving the Way in Pancreatic Cancer Research and Treatment

Moffitt Psychiatrist Helps Patients while on Her Own Cancer Journey

Aliya Hafeez, M.D., currently splits her week between chemo, recovery and seeing patients.

The Gift of Hope - As Told by Phil Jones

One year after his transplant, Phil Jones and his wife traveled to Tennessee to meet the man who gave him the “gift of extended life.”