Cancer Treatment


Groundbreaking Robotic Tools Enhance Cancer Treatment

In the procedure rooms of Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Ripal Gandhi, M.D., is pioneering the use of robotic instruments in minimally invasive, endovascular treatments...

July 20, 2016 / 2 min read


Miami Cancer Institute Joins Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Summit

Miami Cancer Institute joined Cancer Support Community Greater Miami at a South Florida component of the Cancer Moonshot Summit held in Washington, D.C. The Cancer...

June 29, 2016 / 2 min read


Treating Boomers Is a Game-Changer for Healthcare

In Florida, home to the nation’s largest population of people 65 and older, the effect would be particularly great.

June 28, 2016 / 3 min read


Baptist Health South Florida Employees & Run...

As you may have heard by now, 'Pete,' the 220-ton cyclotron which will power the proton therapy center at Miami Cancer Institute, made the 42-mile...

June 17, 2016 / 1 min read


Watch Now: ‘Pete’ Arrives at Miami Cancer...

'Pete', a 220-ton cyclotron and the cornerstone of the only proton therapy center in South Florida, has arrived at Miami Cancer Institute. The cyclotron began...

June 14, 2016 / 2 min read


Skin Cancer Surging Among Young People

She now frequently sees people in their 20s and 30s with non-melanoma skin cancer, including squamous cell and basal cell, which are caused by “chronic,...

June 9, 2016 / 3 min read


Survivorship Program Enhances Life After Cancer

Cancer death rates are decreasing, which means the number of cancer survivors is increasing. America’s more than 14.5 million cancer survivors and those who have...

June 1, 2016 / 2 min read


Roundup: Location of Colon Cancer Tumors Linked...

The research helps shed light on a question many oncologists continue to ask: Why do some patients with advanced colon cancer survive longer than others?

May 20, 2016 / 2 min read


Melanoma: Start Your Monthly Skin Checkup

More than 10,000 people are projected to die from melanoma in the United States in 2016, but the two most common forms of skin cancer,...

May 2, 2016 / 2 min read


Early-Age Breast Cancer: What Young Women Need...

(VIDEO: Starr Mautner, M.D., a breast surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute, discusses treatments for breast cancer in young women.) Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer...

April 27, 2016 / 3 min read