Sylvester researchers lead treatment overhauls for AML

Sylvester launches Survivorship and Supportive Care Institute

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine, has announced the launch of the Sylvester Survivorship and Supportive Care Institute—a dedicated survivorship institute focused on meeting the full spectrum of needs of the growing cancer survivor population in South Florida.

November 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.41

Ci4CC’s 24th Symposium & Workshop set to focus on precision oncology powered by data intelligence

Chaired by the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, the 24th Cancer Centers Informatics Society (Ci4CC) Symposium will convene the nation’s leading designated and community cancer centers with a central focus on advancing precision oncology.

FDA grants Fast Track designation for CER-1236 in AML

FDA has granted Fast Track designation to CER-1236 for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. CER-1236 is a therapy that engineers a cancer patient’s own T-cell therapeutics that deploy phagocytic mechanisms alongside the array of built-in target cell destroying mechanisms used by T-cells.

September 12, 2025

Vol.51 No.33

In Brief

Multi-institutional team awarded $3.4M NCI grant to open AML trial

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and Jabez Biosciences are partnering to open a new phase I clinical trial studying JBZ-001, a potential new treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.

June 27, 2025

Vol.51 No.25

Clinical Roundup

Florida leukemia rates rising rapidly as population ages, study shows

Driven by a steady influx of retirees, Florida now has the highest leukemia rates of any U.S. state and the disease is the fastest-rising cancer type statewide, according to research from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

March 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

Art exhibit at University of Miami Sylvester bridges North and South America

“Bridge to Bahia” exhibit.Source: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterKaren Estrada, a survivor of acute myeloid leukemia, used visual art to communicate with her two boys while undergoing a bone marrow transplant at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Because Estrada’s treatment required isolation, and her young children could not yet read and write, she sought out other creative vessels to foster closeness between them.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Claire Marie Porter