Sylvester Researchers Focus on Understanding Role of H. pylori in Gastric Cancer
November 30th 2022Helicobacter 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.
Sylvester Scientists Discover a New Therapeutic Target to Treat Deadly Breast Cancer
November 22nd 2022Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that a protein complex that governs gene expression sometimes gets rewired during breast cancer to help estrogen receptor positive tumors resist endocrine therapies and become more aggressive.
Azacitidine-Based Combinations Represent New Treatment Possibilities in MDS
Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS, discussed the changes to the classifications of MDS, the evolution of targeted therapies for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, and approaches for patients with bone marrow failure syndromes.
Dr. Antonio Iavarone Is Committed to Changing How We Treat Brain Tumors
November 2nd 2022Antonio Iavarone, MD, has made a decades-long commitment to finding better treatments for glioblastoma and other aggressive brain tumors. As the new deputy director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, he will have opportunities to do even more.
Sylvester Game Changer Vehicle Among First in Nation to Offer Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening
September 27th 2022Sylvester 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.
Sylvester Researcher Leads Novel Pancreatic Cancer Study, Paving Way for Prestigious PanCAN Grant
August 19th 2022Jashodeep 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.
Woman’s Cancer Association Celebrates Researchers and Award Grants for 2021-2022
August 5th 2022What began as a small community effort seven decades ago has resulted in a new series of grants to accelerate groundbreaking research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
Sylvester Researchers Uncover New Cellular Oxygen-Sensing Pathway
June 27th 2022A 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 Announces Transformational Cancer Research Building
June 23rd 2022Sylvester 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.
Taylor Provides Insight Into Pirtobrutinib Resistance in CLL
May 23rd 2022Dr Taylor discusses the significance of BTK inhibition in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, describes the key objectives of, and methods used, for the genomic analyses performed by his team, underscores the clinical significance of the data yielded from this research, and outlines where future efforts will focus.
New Research Highlights Racial Disparities in Genomic Profiling
May 23rd 2022A 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.
Sylvester Joins Forces with College of Engineering to Cure Cancer
April 11th 2022Researchers 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.