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Expected to open in 2025, the Kenneth C. Griffin cancer research center will expand the efforts of University of Miami's 400-strong team of experts.

The EPA is tightening regulation of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices. The agency is trying to balance the interests of the health care industry supply chain with those of communities where the gas creates airborne health risks.

Cellular therapy has been a game-changer for children. AdventHealth's new facility will offer quicker turnaround times for kids waiting on cellular therapy treatment, reducing the amount of chemo they need.

Lawmakers are poised to make it easier and cheaper for Florida residents to undergo potentially lifesaving skin cancer screenings by ensuring that all costs are covered by health insurance.

A restructuring of the Medicare drug benefit has wiped out big drug bills for people who need expensive medicines. But the legal battle over drug negotiations means uncertainty over long-term savings.

Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Legislature to allocate $230 million to cancer-centered initiatives championed by his wife, Casey, a breast cancer survivor.

The FDA is pushing drugmakers to do a better job at finding the lowest effective dose. One group is planning a study to test whether lower doses of two new drugs will work for breast cancer that has spread.

The study found military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers. The list includes some types of leukemia and lymphoma and cancers of the lung, breast, throat, esophagus and thyroid.

The case of a 49-year-old, healthy, nonsmoking Florida woman reflects how more research is required to save more lives - even after new data led to a recent change in national screening guidelines.

A Boston-based cancer researcher says cancer screening can cause more harm than good. He also admits he is the outlier in the medical community.