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Internationally Trained Female Oncologists Face Many Discrimination Challenges in the U.S.

ASCO: A new study highlights workplace discrimination reported by internationally trained female oncologists. Dr. Coral Olazagasti will present study findings that showed female oncologists reported much higher levels of gender or...
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Quadruple Therapies and the Future of Multiple Myeloma Treatment

ASCO: Treatment options for multiple myeloma are shifting rapidly, with new patients increasingly being treated with a 4-part drug combination that includes a new immunotherapy agent. What does this mean for patients, and how will treatment change...
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Sylvester Research Shows New Treatment May Enable More Patients With High-Risk Blood Cancers to Receive Stem Cell Transplants

AT ASCO: A new treatment approach using an older drug may enable more patients with high-risk blood cancers to receive transplanted stem cells from unrelated, partially matched donors.
23-May-2024 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Recent FDA Committee Vote Could Speed Multiple Myeloma Drug Approval

An FDA committee voted unanimously last month to approve a new clinical endpoint, minimal residual disease, when evaluating proposed drugs to treat multiple myeloma. The 12-0 vote was based primarily on an analysis spearheaded by C. Ola Landgren,...
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Study: Older Adults With Aggressive Blood Cancer Are Responsive to Treatment and Show Prolonged Survival

Standard of care treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is safe and effective for adults over 80, according to a study published in Blood Neoplasia. For roughly a quarter of patients, this treatment can durably prolong survival.
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Sylvester Cancer Launches New Brain Tumor Institute to Personalize Brain Cancer Treatment

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center today announced establishment of the Sylvester Brain Tumor Institute. It will focus on personalized medicine approaches for treating all patients with brain tumors.
8-May-2024 9:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Caribbean Teams Innovate to Protect Cancer Patients from Compounding Disasters

A new Lancet Oncology article describes how climate-driven risks in the Caribbean negatively affect every step in the cancer control continuum, from etiology to survivorship.
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Sylvester Researchers Develop a Nanoparticle That Can Penetrate the Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Their goal is to kill primary breast cancer tumors and brain metastases in one treatment.
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Biden Signs Order on Women's Health Research -- Expert Dr. Morgan Shane/University of Miami

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Cancer Expert Dr. Mikkael Sekeres Endorses FDA Approval of New Drug, Imetelstat

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World AIDS DAY COVERAGE: HIV/AIDS Experts @UMiamiMedicine Available for Interviews

24-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST

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Tools that we already have available for treating and preventing HIV

27-Nov-2023 2:00 PM EST

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Trying to understand what are the barriers to eliminating HIV

22-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST

Merkel cell carcinoma expert for interviews. Dr. Aman Chauhan leads the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program @SylvesterCancer.

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Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, Multiple Myeloma researcher at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is available for interviews.

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MEDICAL

Namrata Chandhok, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Keywords:
Leukemia

MEDICAL

Jaime Merchan, MD

Director, Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Cancer,Oncology

MEDICAL

Jonathan Trent, PhD

Associate Director, Clinical Research

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Cancer,Oncology,Sarcoma

MEDICAL

Georgios Pongas, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Cancer,Hematology - Oncology,Leukemia,Lymphoma

MEDICAL

Leonel Hernandez-Aya, MD

Asst. Professor of Clinical Medicine

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Brain,Breast Cancer,Cancer,Melanoma,Oncology

MEDICAL

Antonio Jimenez Jimenez, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Cancer,Oncology,Urology

Coral Olazagasti, MD

Asst. Professor of Clinical Medical Oncology

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Cancer,Hematology - Oncology,Internal Medicine,Lung Cancer

MEDICAL

Carmen Calfa, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Breast Cancer,Cancer,Genetics,Hematology - Oncology

MEDICAL

James Hoffman, MD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
amyloidosis,Hematologic Malignancy,hematology oncology,MGUS,monoclonal gammopathy,multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders,Myeloma

MEDICAL

Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS

Professor Chief, Division of Hematology

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Hematology,Leukemia

MEDICAL

Craig Moskowitz, MD

Physician-in-Chief, Oncology Service Line - Professor of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine

Keywords:
Lymphoma

MEDICAL

Alvaro Alencar, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine - Associate Chief Medical OfficerUniversity of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Keywords:
Lymphoma

MEDICAL

Nicole Mavrides, MD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Medical Director, Child Psychiatry Consultation Service - Training Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program

Keywords:
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry,family intervention,Social Support

MEDICAL

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Chief of Myeloma Program and Leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Myeloma,Therapeutic

MEDICAL

Juan Alderuccio, MD

Assistant Professor, Hematology

Keywords:
Lymphoma

MEDICAL, LIFE

Lisa Gwynn, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences - President, Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Keywords:
Pediatrician

MEDICAL, LIFE

Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH

Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health Disparity Expert

Keywords:
Internal Medicine,Public Health

MEDICAL, LIFE

Michael Hoffer, MD

Neuro-Otologist and The Lead Physician Who Treated The U.S. Diplomats That Were Stationed in Havana

Keywords:
Neurology,Otology,Otology/Neurotology

MEDICAL, LIFE

Joseph Lamelas, MD

Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Pioneer of the Minimally Invasive Approach to Cardiac Surgery

Keywords:
Cardiac Surgery,Heart Health,minimally invasive cardiac surgery

MEDICAL

Dushyantha T Jayaweera, MD, FACP, MRCOG (UK), CIP

Infectious disease specialist, Professor in Clinical Medicine

Keywords:
covid 19,HIV,Infectious Disease

MEDICAL

Laura Beauchamps, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Keywords:
HIV

MEDICAL

Gary I Kleiner, MD, PhD

Allergy & Immunology Specialist

Keywords:
Immunology,Pediatric Allergy,Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant,Primary Immune Deficiency

MEDICAL

Lee Kaplan, MD

Chief, UHealth Division of Sports Medicine: Director, University of Miami Sports Medicine Institute

Keywords:
Orthopedic Surgery,Orthopedics,Sports Medicine

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