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January 18, 2023

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.

December 19, 2022

Top epigenetics researchers from around the world gathered in South Beach for the Fifth Biennial Miami Epigenetics and Cancer Symposium, hosted by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

December 06, 2022

More than 160 attendees took part in a day of learning and collaboration as Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted the inaugural Cancer Survivorship Symposium.

November 30, 2022

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.

November 22, 2022

Researchers 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.

November 02, 2022

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.

November 02, 2022

Antonio 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.

October 21, 2022

The Florida Department of Health has awarded Nagaraj Nagathihalli, PhD, an associate professor at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, a $583,200 grant to study tobacco risk, tumor progression, and therapeutic options for pancreatic cancer.

October 18, 2022

Sophia George, PhD, is hoping to find new strategies for early detection of ovarian cancer, a disease that is particularly deadly for African American, Caribbean, and Jewish women.

October 07, 2022

Researchers are investigating ways to make immunotherapies more effective.

October 05, 2022

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Lluis Morey, PhD, and Ramiro Verdun, PhD, have received a $1.8 million NIH R01 grant to study the epigenetic mechanisms that drive head and neck cancers.

September 29, 2022

Scott M. Welford, Ph.D., is the new Tumor Biology Research Program co-leader at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

September 27, 2022

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.

September 07, 2022

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.

September 01, 2022

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

August 26, 2022

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.

August 19, 2022

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.

August 18, 2022

Drs Goldberg and Sussman discuss key findings from their research on rates of gastrointestinal mortality, the factors that could contribute to these differences, and ways these disparities can be addressed.

August 16, 2022

Ashish Shah, MD, has assumed the newly created position of director of clinical trials and translational research and principal investigator in the Section of Virology and Immunotherapy at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Brain Tumor Initiative at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

August 05, 2022

What 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.