05.01.2012
Fueled by the work of more than 21,000 volunteers, The Pap Corps: Champions for Cancer Research, presented its annual gift to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine -- a check in the amount of $3.2 million.
05.01.2012
One day soon, the 50,000 Americans destined to be diagnosed with head and neck cancer annually could learn with a simple test that they could develop the deadly disease long before the first lesion appears in their mouth. If so, the breakthrough will have been enabled by the research of a Miller School otolaryngologist, the passions of a Georgia attorney and the office that united them.
05.01.2012
Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., the new director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, officially starts work this week.
05.01.2012
Dr. Stephen D. Nimer brings 30 years of pioneering clinical and research experience to the cancer center.
04.23.2012
A new analysis by a team of researchers at the Miller School’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that Hispanic lung cancer patients seem to live longer than white or black patients.
04.20.2012
Howard Lessner, M.D., who became the first director of the University of Miami’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1972, passed away on April 18 at South Miami Hospital. He was 85.
04.19.2012
Scores of lung cancer experts from around the world gathered at the Miller School of Medicine April 16 for the 26th International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer.
04.17.2012
Show your support for Sylvester by contacting Governor Rick Scott at 850-488-7146 or rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com.
04.03.2012
More than 3,200 walkers took part in the 12th Annual Pap Corps Walkathon at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, enjoying one of the signature events of the all-volunteer group, which raises money exclusively for cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
03.07.2012
Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., one of the world’s premier leukemia and stem cell transplant researchers and clinicians, has been named the new director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.