Mayo Clinic in Florida is leading the way in cancer care
The most advanced options for cancer diagnosis and treatment are available close to home. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Jacksonville, Florida, is with you at every stage of your cancer journey. From screening and prevention through treatment and survivorship, we are leading the way — and the world — in cancer care.
How can a team focused on the global impact of cancer also be focused on you and your cancer journey? It’s simple. You and your healing are at the center of it all. At Mayo Clinic, your team isn’t swayed by external incentives or pulled in too many directions. They’re focused on you. Understanding your needs and your goals, evaluating your unique cancer, and helping you find a personalized care plan.
Because cancer is personal. And Mayo Clinic experts have made it their personal mission to change the landscape of cancer care. From groundbreaking research to innovative treatments. Every step focused on getting each patient the best possible outcome. Because truly, you are the primary focus for the world’s cancer experts.
Groundbreaking research
No matter the cancer type or complexity, hope for a cure is the ultimate goal. Groundbreaking research led by physicians who not only study cancer, but also treat patients with cancer, is how cures are discovered. At Mayo Clinic, our physicians are involved with and leading research that has repeatedly changed the landscape of cancer care.
Breakthroughs in care
What good is research without opportunities for patients to access those advancements today? Experts at Mayo Clinic are bringing research advancements into the clinical practice as quickly as possible. So you and your loved ones can access tomorrow’s cancer breakthroughs, today.
Robust clinical trials
Whether evaluating new treatments, adjusting existing treatments to reduce side effects, or bringing impactful options to more patients, clinical trials can be an important part of your care plan. At Mayo Clinic, you’ll have access to a large and comprehensive library of clinical trial opportunities for all phases of your cancer treatment.
Innovative treatments
Experts at Mayo Clinic have been involved with bringing many of today’s standard cancer treatments into clinical practice around the world — and they’re not done yet. At Mayo Clinic, you’ll find access to the latest options for cancer care, delivered by compassionate experts who are specialized in your condition, experienced with state-of-the-art technologies, and entirely focused on you.
Leading the way in cancer care means providing new and innovative solutions across the care journey. Read more about the innovations that are driving improved outcomes, better quality of life and the chance at a cure for patients around the world. Your care team will work with you, using treatments like these to find a plan that best meets your unique needs.
Experts at Mayo Clinic are conducting leading research to treat and prevent cancer with vaccines. Currently vaccine options exist to prevent cancer-causing conditions, such as HPV, and to enhance cancer treatment delivery. Researchers at our Florida campus are also evaluating vaccines to target and prevent cancer from occurring and recurring.
This innovative program brings treatment options to patients with cancer with as little disruption to their daily lives as possible. By providing some cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, labs, and remote patient monitoring in the patient’s home, time spent at the hospital is greatly reduced with the same high-quality care.
Mayo Clinic participated in various pivotal trials that led to the approval of CAR T-cell therapy in B-cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Additionally, scientists at the Mayo Clinic are manufacturing home-made CAR T-cell and other bioengineered cellular therapies to treat refractory hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
Experts at Mayo Clinic were involved in researching many of the cancer treatments that are standard practice today — and they’re not done yet. Clinical trials can be used at any point in your care journey and are used to evaluate new treatments, apply new treatments at different times throughout the care plan, and address common treatment side effects.
Mayo Clinic is leading the way in heavy particle therapy. Our campus in Florida will be the first facility in North and South America offering carbon ion therapy, an advanced radiation therapy providing precise treatment while limiting damage to healthy tissues. It will also house the latest in proton beam therapy. Construction for this new facility is underway.
HIPEC is an innovative treatment option for some appendix, colon and ovarian cancers, as well as mesothelioma. Mayo Clinic in Florida treats one of the highest volumes of patients among facilities performing HIPEC, with one of the lowest revisit rates. Our patients are, on average, out of the hospital in less than a week following a HIPEC procedure.
TIL therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses a patient’s immune system to help kill cancer cells. TILs are your body’s own immune cells that are taught to recognize and kill cancer cells. Mayo Clinic is the only center in Northeast Florida offering TIL therapy.
With a hepatic artery infusion pump, chemotherapy can be delivered directly to the liver. This allows for higher doses of treatment and reduces the chance for systemic side effects that are typically a concern for patients undergoing chemotherapy.
When experts in radiation oncology and surgery work together on a multidisciplinary team, innovative options like IORT become available. Providing radiation during surgery allows for more impactful radiation therapy with fewer treatment sessions, less damage to surrounding tissue, and ultimately a better treatment experience.
Experts at Mayo Clinic in Florida are one of only a few teams nationwide to offer liver transplant for colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver. This innovative surgical option provides options for patients who previously had none.
Unmatched expertise
Mayo Clinic in Florida is one of the top cancer centers in the Southeast, according to U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is also a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, and is the only such center with three unique locations.
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