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Milestone: Teen is 1,000th Patient Treated with Proton Therapy at Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute
When Emma-Jane Hinton was diagnosed with a brain tumor this past summer, she dreamed about the day she could go back to school, take a swim and return to her Junior Bengals cheerleading team. Last week, the teen’s dream came true as she rang the bell at Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute, signifying the end of her treatment, the return to life--and a cure.
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100th Transplant Patient Milestone: Miami Cancer Institute’s Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program is Growing Fast
Miami Cancer Institute has marked the 100th patient of its Blood and Marrow Transplantation program, where patients are treated for various forms of leukemia, multiple myeloma and other blood cancers.
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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 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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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.