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Luis Gaxiola has partnered with Loma Linda University Cancer Center for the past 11 years to receive treatment for his advanced and recurring sarcoma. Throughout the years, he has continued his duty as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff.

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Deputy Sheriff who’s lived with stage 4 cancer for a decade spreads message of perseverance, hope

July 10, 2023
Luis Gaxiola partnered with the Cancer Center for extensive sarcoma treatment
Caucasian man in a hospital bed with his doctor standing beside him in blue scrubs

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Seeing clearly again: Cataract surgeries restore outdoorsman’s appreciation of natural beauty

June 28, 2023
Floyd Butler returned to his favorite hobbies, such as fishing, after undergoing a minimally invasive valve-in-valve procedure at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Patient Care

Patient resuscitated, receives new heart valve to last his lifetime

June 19, 2023
LLU structural interventional cardiologists treated Floyd Butler with valve-in-valve procedure
LLUMC’s Heart Failure Program team holds accreditation certificates from the American College of Cardiology for inpatient and outpatient care.

Patient Care

LLUMC’s Heart Failure Program receives accreditation

June 16, 2023
Care teams earn recognition for service to heart failure patients
Nestor Terrado partnered with LLU Cancer Center to beat his lymphoma and has been living without the cancer for nearly three years.

Patient Care

Patient celebrates three years free from aggressive blood cancer after transplant

June 14, 2023
Nestor Terrado partnered with LLU Cancer Center for care, shares his survivorship journey
Mark Reeves, MD, PhD, director of Loma Linda University Cancer Center, shared the center’s upcoming goals and growing programs with Celebration of Life's attendees.

Patient Care

LLU Cancer Center event celebrates survivors, forefronts cancer therapy advances

June 5, 2023
The Cancer Center held its 32nd annual Celebration of Life event
Melissa Peffer reunited with her care team members four months after her double bypass procedure at LLUMC–Murrieta.

Patient Care

LLUMC–Murrieta clears heart artery blockage in patient turned away by others

May 30, 2023
Melissa Peffer found resolve at LLUMC–Murrieta after years of uncertainty, rejection
Loma Linda University Cancer Center is one of the few centers in the country to use proton beam apparatus to deliver stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumor treatment.

Health & Wellness

How a highly focused radiation treatment can cure tumors in the brain

May 17, 2023
Radiologist discusses stereotactic radiosurgery’s capability to destroy certain brain cancers
Structural interventional cardiologists Drs. Amr Mohsen (left) and Jason Hoff (right) hold the device they used to perform Gail Perszyk's mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair.

Patient Care

Cardiologists reverse patient’s heart failure via minimally invasive heart valve repair

May 10, 2023
LLU structural interventional cardiologists treated Gail Perszyk with mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair
Hannah Grinnan smiling in photo

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HANNAH GRINNAN: Heart transplant recipient celebrates 25th birthday and transplant anniversary

April 27, 2023
The Grinnan family expresses their gratitude for the gift of life by educating others about the miraculous impact of organ donation
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