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.
“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.
Two clinical trials testing the antibody Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine) showed encouraging results in patients with high-risk forms of two blood cancers – follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.
Kenneth C. Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, gifted $50 million to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to help fund a 12-story, 244,000-square-foot cancer research building.
Damian Green will join Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Miami Miller School of Medicine this spring to lead its transplantation and cellular therapy services. Green was named chief of the Division of Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, as well as assistant director of Translational Research, beginning March 1.
A study by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and collaborating organizations provides insight into glioblastoma neuron mimicry and potential therapies to prevent treatment resistance.
A multicenter study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine shows how interactions between tumor cells and immune components of the microenvironment can impact treatment responses and outcomes in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma who undergo combination treatments that include targeted immunotherapy.
Researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dana Farber Cancer Institute have received a $4 million five-year grant from NCI to determine whether lifestyle interventions, such as exercise and intermittent fasting, help patients with advanced breast cancer better tolerate side effects from treatment.
Stephen D. Nimer, director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, was named Researcher of the Year by BioFlorida, an association for the state’s life sciences industry.
Thoracic surgeons and researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine found that increasing numbers of patients undergoing cancer-removal lung surgery by “anatomic lung resections”—lobectomies or segmentectomies—are able to go home safely and without complications one day after the operation, thanks to growing rates of robot-assisted surgeries and improvements in patient-centered care protocols.
