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Increase in cervical cancer rates seen in rural U.S. counties

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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.

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UH Cancer Center and John A. Burns School of Medicine form initiative focused on health outcome disparities in Hawai‘i and the Pacific

The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center and the John A. Burns School of Medicine are forming Ka ʻUmeke Lama, an initiative to transform cancer care in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

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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.

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Antibody shows encouraging results for treating high-risk follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma

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Vol.50 No.46

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Scarlett Lin Gomez awarded AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities

The American Association for Cancer Research will award Scarlett Lin Gomez with the 2024 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities during the 17th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved to be held in Los Angeles Sept. 21-24.

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Vol.50 No.35

Sylvester study indicates treatment patterns, not genetics, drive prostate cancer disparities

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