GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A new study, and first of it’s kind food pharmacy at UF aims to help patients with cancer access and eat nutritious food.

With a grant from the Florida Department of Health, a team of researchers at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will access the community’s nutritional needs.

“We’re taking a community-based approach to holistic cancer care,” said Dejana Braithwaite Ph.D., associate director for population sciences at the UF Health Cancer Center. “Patients consistently express that nutrition is an important issue for them during cancer treatment. We want to address nutritional needs from treatment through survivorship with a sustainable intervention. ASCENT brings science and community together to make th

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