A Lasting Legacy

Through the Rapid Tissue Donation Program, patients can help save lives, even after their death

Shawn Donovan and his wife, Jenny, along with their children Maddox, 18; Sophia, 20; and Asher, 10; credit 15-year-old Luka with saving their dad’s life. Luka’s errant throw led to a cancer diagnosis that may have gone undetected otherwise.

Calling in a Surgical Quarterback for a Game of Inches

Meet the signal caller and playmakers who helped keep a Moffitt patient in the game

Victor Young is chair of the Moffitt Medical Group Board of Directors.

Moffitt Board Member Shares Life Lessons in Leadership and Caregiving

Victor Young’s father taught him about living life, while his mother taught him about preparing for death

Geriatric Surgery Clinic Breaking the Age Barrier

Geriatric Perioperative Optimization Clinic made liver surgery easier than a tooth extraction for this 79-year-old

• Dallas Carroll was 29 when she was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. She had just given birth to her son, Dakota.

Experimental Vaccine Gives Young Mother a Shot at Cure

A dendritic cell vaccine changes young mother’s prognosis and landscape for breast cancer treatments

Nurse Ivan Ross hangs a bag of cells to begin a TIL infusion.

The Long Journey in Search of a Cure

With one TIL therapy approved by the FDA, doctors push to optimize the treatment. Michelle Shannon is living for the next breakthrough.

Jasmine Cherry, a cell therapy technologist, holds a block of frozen tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes that are being transformed into a personalized treatment.

Expanding the Reach of TIL Therapy

Based on the success in treating melanoma, doctors see promise in using the immunotherapy to treat sarcoma and other cancers

Surveillance for a Silent Killer

Moffitt’s new Pancreatic Interception Center aims to catch a disease that often goes undiagnosed until it’s too late.

It has been five years since Kathryn VonAldenbruck was diagnosed with lung
cancer. She remains on an immunotherapy
regimen and continues to run.

Fighting Lung Cancer, One Step at a Time

Miles for Moffitt gives patients like Kathryn VonAldenbruck a chance to show they are thriving in the moment while raising money for the breakthroughs of tomorrow

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