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Miami Cancer Institute Achieves ‘Summit’ With Experts Who Share Advances in Treating Hematologic Malignancies
In the U.S., nearly 180,000 people were diagnosed with a form of blood cancer in 2020, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma society. As clinical trials and research continue and intensify, physician scientists are gaining more insight into which patients respond better to immunotherapy versus chemotherapy.
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Miami Cancer Institute Expert Co-Leads Research Effort Using Advanced Multi-omics Platform that Predicts Superior Overall Survival and Disease-Free Survival for Brain Cancer Patients
Manmeet Ahluwalia, M.D., M.B.A., deputy director, chief scientific officer and chief of solid tumor medical oncology at Miami Cancer Institute, and co-principal investigators of the trial, was featured in the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting during the Central Nervous System Tumors Track
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Experts Weigh in on Innovations in Treatment of Lung Cancer
Baptist Health South Florida’s Miami Cancer Institute lung cancer experts Rupesh Kotecha, M.D., chief of Radiosurgery and director of the CNS Metastasis Program, and Mark Dylewski, M.D., chief of general thoracic surgery, are featured presenters at the American Lung Association’s upcoming LUNG FORCE expo. We asked them for a sneak peek at their topics.
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‘Structural Heart’ Treatment: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip Expands Options
Removal from a ventilator was a milestone moment for a patient recovering from parainfluenza in Baptist Hospital’s intensive care unit. But when that patient regressed and had to be reintubated numerous times due to respiratory failure, the multidisciplinary care team collaborated to identify the complex, underlying problem.
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First in Florida: Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute ‘Reshapes’ Heart in Critical Patient to Improve Blood Flow
A team at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute is the first in the state, and the first in the Atlantic Southeast, to perform a so-called LIVE (Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement), a minimally invasive procedure that “reshapes” the heart by reducing the size of the left ventricle (as illustrated above), allowing for a seriously ill patient to approach normal functionality
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New Procedure at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Prevents Coronary Obstruction When Replacing Heart Valve
Obstruction of the coronary artery, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the entire heart muscle, is a rare but potentially deadly complication of a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve, one of four valves that regulate blood flow through the heart.
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New Robotic-Arm Tech for Knee Replacements Offers More Precision, Faster Recovery
Robotic-arm assisted surgery for total or partial knee replacements is becoming more common for the growing number of patients suffering from pain caused by arthritis or injury and who haven’t found relief with non-surgical treatments.
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‘Great Recovery’ from Brachytherapy: Multidisciplinary Team at Baptist Heath Used Radioactive Implants to Target Patient’s Brain Tumor
About four years ago, he was diagnosed with a rare, duo-type of lung cancer — one with the more common type of malignancy, called adenocarcinoma, which combined with a small component of “squamous cell,” the type that is generally slow-growing but can eventually spread to other areas of the body.
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Great Recovery’ from Brachytherapy: Multidisciplinary Team at Baptist Heath Used Radioactive Implants to Target Patient’s Brain Tumor
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Dr. Guenther Koehne Talks Hot Topics in Hematology at the Miami Cancer Institute Summit
Dr. Guenther Koehne, Deputy Director and Chief of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Hematologic Oncology at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, spoke about the Second Summit of the Americas on Immunotherapy for Hematologic Malignancies and some of the hot topics being covered at this event.
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Q&A with Surgeons of Excellence at South Miami Hospital
What does it mean to be SRC accredited? Why do surgeons use robots in surgery? Surgeons of Excellence with South Miami Hospital sit down to discuss the significance of an SRC accreditation and the benefits of robotic surgery for patients.
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Father of Five and Military Veteran Wins Battle Over Throat Cancer
Fred Escobedo remembers feeling surprised when he was told he had throat cancer. After all, he seemed healthy, exercised regularly, didn’t smoke and followed his wife’s vegan diet. When the shock passed, he wondered if he’d live to see his five sons, ages 8 to 17, grow up.