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Global Study Holds Promise for Women Diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer, is the sixth most common cancer among women worldwide and the most common type of gynecologic cancer in the U.S. It affects the endometrium, or lining of the uterus, and can spread to other areas if left untreated.
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William Davis, III, M.D., joins Baptist Health as a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
William Davis, III, M.D., joins Baptist Health as a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician.
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She Defeated Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer Via Most Advanced Radiation Therapy at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute
It’s difficult to comprehend a more frightening diagnosis than being told you have advanced and inoperable pancreatic cancer. Connie Harrington, 76, knows exactly the feeling.
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Research Holds Promising Advances for Brain Tumor Patients
For the nearly 100,000 Americans expected to be diagnosed with a primary brain tumor in 2023, receiving the news will most likely be alarming.
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Clinical Trial Shows Safety of Ablative Radiotherapy for Inoperable Pancreas Cancer
Researchers at Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health, believe they are one step closer to changing the treatment paradigm for patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer.
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Baptist Health and Florida International University to begin exclusive negotiations on comprehensive alliance
Baptist Health and Florida International University, through its Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, today announced they have entered into exclusive negotiations to develop a comprehensive alliance, which will drive clinical, research and education advancements for the benefit of the South Florida community.
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Alessandro Villa, MPH
Alessandro Villa, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.P.H., is chief of oral medicine, oral oncology and dentistry at Miami Cancer Institute. Dr. Villa specializes in treating oral mucosal and salivary gland diseases, oral precancers and oral complications.
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Jean-Marie Stephan, M.D., joins Miami Cancer Institute as Gynecological Surgical Oncologist
Board-certified gynecological surgical oncologist Jean-Marie Stephan, M.D., recently joined Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute.
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Radiopharmaceutical PET Agent Helps Physicians Identify Recurrent Brain Metastases
The results of a multi-institutional clinical trial led by Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health, could bring a monumental shift in the management of patients with brain metastases. Rupesh Kotecha, M.D., chief of Radiosurgery and director of Central Nervous System Metastasis at the Institute, presented the findings at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago on June 2.
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HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Research: Some Women Can Bypass Radiation
A new study led by Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and Lynn Cancer Institute researchers is showing that more women with breast cancer may be able to avoid the toxicities of radiation therapy after mastectomy.
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New Procedure Allows for Faster Healing of Bone Fractures
When Brenda Catanese, 74, of Miami, broke her wrist earlier this year, it brought back memories of two years ago when the retired special education teacher fractured her right femur in a fall and needed surgery with rods and screws to hold together her broken bone.
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Baptist Health Baptist Hospital Recognized by Society of Thoracic Surgeons as One of Nation’s Best for Open Heart Surgery
Baptist Health Baptist Hospital, in south Florida, is being recognized as one of the highest-performing facilities in the country for cardiac surgery after earning a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures.