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Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute Brings World-Class Cancer Care to Broward
Many of the innovative cancer-fighting therapies that have placed Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute among Florida’s top cancer programs since its founding just four years ago are now available to cancer patients in Broward County, according to Michael J. Zinner, M.D., the institute’s founding CEO and executive medical director.
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Two Leading Organizations Come Together for Better Cancer Care
With 11 hospitals, more than 4,000 physicians and internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health South Florida is the largest healthcare organization in the region. Physicians are accustomed to working with healthcare providers throughout Florida, the United States and abroad.
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Miami Cancer Institute Researchers Pivot to Fight COVID-19
Physician scientists at Miami Cancer Institute are leveraging their research expertise and clinical technology to develop novel treatments for COVID-19. Jump-starting new studies in a matter of weeks, these researchers are now evaluating the effectiveness of existing cancer drugs, umbilical cord blood and convalescent plasma, among other therapies, against the coronavirus.
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New Procedure Provides Relief for Thousands of Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation Therapy
Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men, with more than 190,000 new cases diagnosed each year, according to the American Cancer Society. And each year, more than 60,000 American men opt to have their localized prostate cancer treated with high-dose radiation therapy.
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Lung Cancer Patient Runs Out of Options, Finds New Hope at Miami Cancer Institute
The first thing Donna Beverly will tell you is that she’s not a cancer patient, she’s a cancer survivor. Today, thanks to a team of experts at Miami Cancer Institute – not to mention her own determination to fight her disease – Ms. Beverly is enjoying a new lease on life.
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New Radiation Technology at Lynn Cancer Institute Treats Wider Range of Cancer Patients
At first glance, the innovative system may look like a standard CT (computerized tomography) scanner, but it’s much more, providing leading-edge radiation treatment to many more cancer patients who may have had limited options in the past.
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Current Drug Treatment Approaches for Brain Metastases
Yazmin Odia, MD, Rupesh Kotecha, MD, and Minesh Mehta, MD discuss the targeted therapies that have shown particular efficacy in brain metastases.
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Current Radiation Treatment Approaches for Brain Metastases
Yazmin Odia, MD, Rupesh Kotecha, MD, and Minesh Mehta, MD discuss the use of stereotactic radiosurgery and whole-brain radiotherapy in the treatment of brain metastases.
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Novel Radiation Therapies for Gliomas: Tumor-Treating Fields and Proton Therapy
Yazmin Odia, MD, Rupesh Kotecha, MD, and Minesh Mehta, MD discuss the current role and patient selection of tumor-treating fields in the treatment of gliomas. They also look at the rationale for proton beam therapy in treatment.
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Thomas Morrissey, M.D., joins the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute as director of gynecologic oncology
Gynecologic oncologist Thomas Morrissey, M.D., FACOG, FACS, has joined the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida, as director of gynecologic oncology. He is a specialist in the surgical and chemotherapeutic treatment of ovarian, uterine, cervical and other female genital tract cancers.