Latest news from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/sylvester-celebrates-10-years-of-extinguishing-firefighter-cancer-risks/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-celebrates-10-years-of-extinguishing-firefighter-cancer-risks/?sc=rsin Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:10:59 EST Firefighters are more likely to die of cancer than accidents or flames, but for 10 years, the nationally recognized Firefighter Cancer Initiative (FCI) at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth, the University of Miami Health System, has been working to cut that risk. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/guilt-gratitude-and-meaning-in-a-new-year/?sc=rsin /articles/guilt-gratitude-and-meaning-in-a-new-year/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:10:08 EST Breast cancer survivor Rochelle Broder-Singer is a journalist with over two decades of experience in journalism and communications. In addition to her professional achievements, Rochelle is currently writing a series of articles for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center chronicling her cancer journey. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/fda-ban-on-red-dye-3-and-more-are-highlighted-in-sylvester-cancer-s-january-tip-sheet/?sc=rsin /articles/fda-ban-on-red-dye-3-and-more-are-highlighted-in-sylvester-cancer-s-january-tip-sheet/?sc=rsin Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:45:11 EST The FDA ban on Red Dye 3, cancer survivorship and what it means to live with cancer, global trends in lung cancer deaths, gynecologic disparities in women of African ancestry and more are included in this month's tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/having-a-mocktail-instead-of-a-cocktail-could-reduce-your-risk-for-developing-7-known-types-of-cancer/?sc=rsin /articles/having-a-mocktail-instead-of-a-cocktail-could-reduce-your-risk-for-developing-7-known-types-of-cancer/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:45:00 EST Have a "mocktail" instead of a cocktail. It could reduce your risk for developing seven known types of cancer. In this article, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center experts offer mocktail recipes and other tips on avoiding alcohol without feeling deprived. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/sylvester-cancer-survivorship-researcher-available-to-discuss-living-with-cancer-and-preventing-recurrence/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-cancer-survivorship-researcher-available-to-discuss-living-with-cancer-and-preventing-recurrence/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:15:50 EST Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/study-by-sylvester-collaborators-highlights-global-trends-in-risk-factors-linked-to-lung-cancer-deaths/?sc=rsin /articles/study-by-sylvester-collaborators-highlights-global-trends-in-risk-factors-linked-to-lung-cancer-deaths/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:15:40 EST Lung and related cancer deaths decreased in the world's 10 most populous countries over the past 40 years, but there is still a pressing need for public health measures to further reduce tobacco use and related mortality and the cancer risk from air pollution and asbestos exposure. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/sylvester-cancer-experts-discuss-surgeon-general-s-call-for-warnings-on-alcohol-increased-cancer-risk-and-prevention/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-cancer-experts-discuss-surgeon-general-s-call-for-warnings-on-alcohol-increased-cancer-risk-and-prevention/?sc=rsin Sun, 05 Jan 2025 12:40:57 EST Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/bereavement-science-researcher-available-to-discuss-parasocial-grief-grieving-that-may-come-after-the-death-of-a-public-figure/?sc=rsin /articles/bereavement-science-researcher-available-to-discuss-parasocial-grief-grieving-that-may-come-after-the-death-of-a-public-figure/?sc=rsin Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:15:58 EST Many people are surprised by the intensity of their response when a well-known person dies, and their feelings of sadness may last longer than they expect. In fact, that sadness and grief can be intense, and preliminary research suggests that grief after the death of a public figure looks very similar to grief over our personal relationships and can have comparable levels of intensity. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/preliminary-research-suggests-that-grief-after-the-death-of-a-public-figure-looks-very-similar-to-grief-over-our-personal-relationships-and-can-have-comparable-levels-of-intensity/?sc=rsin /articles/preliminary-research-suggests-that-grief-after-the-death-of-a-public-figure-looks-very-similar-to-grief-over-our-personal-relationships-and-can-have-comparable-levels-of-intensity/?sc=rsin Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:10:02 EST Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/sylvester-cancer-tip-sheet-for-dec-2024/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-cancer-tip-sheet-for-dec-2024/?sc=rsin Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:15:54 EST Coping with grief and holiday sadness; "biological age" as a tool to predict early colorectal cancer, genetic mutations accumulate in smokers with MDS, two clinical trials show promise for an antibody to treat high-risk form of lymphoma, and more. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/seeking-comfort-when-joy-is-hard-to-find-coping-with-grief-during-the-holidays/?sc=rsin /articles/seeking-comfort-when-joy-is-hard-to-find-coping-with-grief-during-the-holidays/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:25:35 EST The holidays can bring good times and happiness, but for many, joy is overshadowed by sadness, loss and grief. Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal, founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care offers tips on coping at this time of year. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/stephen-d-nimer-m-d-named-mentor-of-the-year-by-the-american-society-of-hematology/?sc=rsin /articles/stephen-d-nimer-m-d-named-mentor-of-the-year-by-the-american-society-of-hematology/?sc=rsin Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:58 EST Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., has been awarded the American Society of Hematology's Mentor Award for 2024. As director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nimer lifts up and guides other researchers to create a collaborative environment that drives scientific discovery and quality patient care. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/filling-out-the-roadmap-for-faster-drug-approvals/?sc=rsin /articles/filling-out-the-roadmap-for-faster-drug-approvals/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:30:21 EST A new review in Blood Cancer Discovery outlines a key regulatory decision by an FDA committee that greenlights a new biomarker endpoint for accelerated drug approval in multiple myeloma and could cut a decade off the drug development process. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/using-biological-age-to-predict-early-colorectal-cancer-risk/?sc=rsin /articles/using-biological-age-to-predict-early-colorectal-cancer-risk/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:00 EST New research suggests that one's biological age, which can be higher than his or her chronological age may predict who's at risk for developing colon polyps, a known risk factor for colorectal cancer. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/ash-presentation-study-shows-that-genetic-mutations-accumulate-in-smokers-with-myelodysplastic-syndromes-and-worsen-outcomes/?sc=rsin /articles/ash-presentation-study-shows-that-genetic-mutations-accumulate-in-smokers-with-myelodysplastic-syndromes-and-worsen-outcomes/?sc=rsin Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:00:00 EST Smokers with myelodysplastic syndromes or a precursor condition had elevated levels of genetic mutations linked to the disease. The study also found that heavier smokers accumulated more mutations, and long-term smokers were more likely to show disease progression. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/embargoed-dozens-of-presentations-advance-multiple-myeloma-research-at-the-2024-american-society-for-hematology-ash-meeting/?sc=rsin /articles/embargoed-dozens-of-presentations-advance-multiple-myeloma-research-at-the-2024-american-society-for-hematology-ash-meeting/?sc=rsin Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:00:00 EST Patients with multiple myeloma are living longer thanks to a host of new immunotherapies and targeted drugs. But there is still no cure for the disease. Physician-scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center are working to change that, and will present research findings at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/ash-2024-antibody-shows-encouraging-results-for-treating-high-risk-follicular-lymphoma-and-marginal-zone-lymphoma/?sc=rsin /articles/ash-2024-antibody-shows-encouraging-results-for-treating-high-risk-follicular-lymphoma-and-marginal-zone-lymphoma/?sc=rsin Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:00:00 EST ASH 2024 Presentations: Two clinical trials testing the antibody loncastuximab tesirine (Zynlonta) showed encouraging results in patients with high-risk forms of two blood cancers - follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/sylvester-cancer-tip-sheet-nov-2024/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-cancer-tip-sheet-nov-2024/?sc=rsin Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:25:10 EST Dozens of physician-scientists will share research insights at ASH 2024, a breast-cancer survivor chronicles her journey, researchers seek answers for gastric cancer disparities, and taking major steps to reduce lung cancer's lethal burden are in this month tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/sylvester-cancer-tip-sheet-researchers-present-posters-at-the-66th-ash-annual-meeting-exposition/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-cancer-tip-sheet-researchers-present-posters-at-the-66th-ash-annual-meeting-exposition/?sc=rsin Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:10:03 EST Hematology researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami are authors or co-authors on more than 70 posters to be presented at the Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego, Dec. 7-10. Links to each abstract are included in this tip sheet. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /articles/sylvester-cancer-researchers-share-findings-in-oral-presentations-at-the-ash-2024-annual-meeting-exposition-tip-sheet/?sc=rsin /articles/sylvester-cancer-researchers-share-findings-in-oral-presentations-at-the-ash-2024-annual-meeting-exposition-tip-sheet/?sc=rsin Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:25:18 EST Research findings from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami will be presented at the Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego, Dec. 7-10. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center