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Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is the first hospital in the United States to receive innovative new x-ray imaging technology that decreases radiation exposure to young patients and produces high-quality images.

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Mark Roh, M.D., an internationally renowned liver cancer surgeon has been named Incoming President of MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando and will take over as President next year. Dr. Roh also serves as the cancer center’s Medical and Scientific Director, overseeing all clinical activities within the cancer center and clinical, basic and translational research programs.

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Clinical trial at Orlando Regional Medical Center evaluates technology designed to restore blood flow to the heart.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has received a $75,000 grant, funded by the Shirley E. Noland Foundation, which will support the Pancreatic Cancer Translational Research Project. The project will take the latest research findings to develop new treatment programs for patients with pancreatic cancer.

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Clinical trial at the Orlando Health Heart Institute evaluates the use of stem cells from the pelvic bone marrow to improve heart function. Patients’ own stem cells may preserve heart muscle function after a heart attack.

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Bronchial thermoplasty, an innovative technique that uses radiofrequency (heat), helps patients breathe easier by lessening the severity of asthma attacks and preventing future attacks.

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A new study by researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando finds that Tolfenamic acid (TA), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), commonly used to relieve pain, inflammation and migraines has now been found to reduce esophageal tumors.

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Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is opening Florida’s first center for children unable to eat by mouth. The Feeding Difficulties Center is an outpatient intensive feeding center dedicated to treating children with feeding difficulties.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has opened a unique new facility focused on the clinical and emotional fight against cancer. The Gynecologic Cancer Center provides patients with a spa like atmosphere as they battle their gynecologic cancer.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando will soon be providing cancer patients with a valuable new tool in their fight against cancer. The cancer hospital has broken ground on the Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, a $25 million facility along Orange Avenue which will house Central Florida’s first proton therapy center.