Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jaime Merchán, MD, is the new Translational and Clinical Oncology Research Program co-leader at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – University of Miami Health System.

An international research group, led by scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has developed a new machine learning algorithm that can combine large datasets from multiple sources to pinpoint kinases and potentially target them for treatment.

With three years to go, C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, is on track to establish a “top three” U.S. myeloma program within five years, with the announcement of the new, dedicated Myeloma Research Institute within Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of gastric cancer, and researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have several projects underway to better understand the association and develop much-needed prevention and treatment.

Researchers are investigating ways to make immunotherapies more effective.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Game Changer vehicles, which bring health education and free screenings for many cancer types to South Florida communities in need, are offering prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer.

More scientific evidence about the importance of nutrition and physical activity for cancer survivors has emerged in the past 10 years, prompting the American Cancer Society to update its guidance for physicians and patients.

New treatments, particularly immunotherapies, are providing durable benefits for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has named Sophia George, PhD, the inaugural associate director of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Jashodeep Datta, MD, associate member of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, led a study recently published in the journal Oncogene that helps to explain pancreatic cancer’s notorious virulence and resistance to therapy.

Cancer experts at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center: Annual Oncology Update shared important progress across a wide range of cancers — prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, and more — that was presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2022 Annual Meeting, the largest gathering of cancer clinicians and scientists in the United States.

A team of researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has identified a new cellular oxygen-sensing pathway – a discovery that could potentially lead to new approaches for treating cancer and other diseases.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is making another bold move to accelerate cancer research, celebrating the groundbreaking for a 244,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Transformational Cancer Research Building.

A new study by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has found that Black women with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to have tumors with treatable genetic variations than white and Asian women.

The Pillai lab will explore off-the-shelf, innate natural killer T cell immunotherapies that can be targeted against challenging tumors.

Renowned robotic urologic oncology surgeon Dipen J. Parekh, MD, was the first in the nation to test a new preoperative surgical rehearsal technology recently approved by the FDA for all genitourinary conditions.

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have joined forces with the University of Miami College of Engineering for a collaborative initiative to develop and deploy innovative technologies for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

Dorothy Graves, PhD, said she admired Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine years prior to being appointed Sylvester’s assistant vice president and associate director for administration in early 2022.

The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and National Medical Fellowships have selected Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Kristin E. Rojas, MD, FACS, for its inaugural Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program.