“For many years, thyroid cancer was mostly treated with surgery,” said Dr. Zoukaa Sargi, professor of otolaryngology and neurosurgery at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. “As the science evolved and our understanding of the disease progressed, other treatment options became available. As a result, this cancer is now managed in a truly multidisciplinary fashion, in which surgery plays a role but must be incorporated into a more complex treatment plan.”

“By using endocrine therapy to treat hormone-positive breast cancers, we’re putting many young women into menopause, but we’re not doing a great job preparing them for it,” said Dr. Kristin Rojas, who created a program to address women’s sexual health after cancer treatment, the Menopause Urogenital Sexual Health and Intimacy Clinic (MUSIC) at Sylvester.

Dr. Gilberto Lopes, chief of medical oncology, medical director for international programs and associate director for global oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Miami, will highlight his and others’ work with the ATOM Coalition at ASCO23. The ATOM Coalition is a global initiative established to reduce suffering and deaths from cancer in low- and lower middle-income countries.

Dr. Jonathan C. Trent is a medical oncologist specializing in Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Medical Oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.