leukemia
Focusing on You: Sylvester Celebrates AYA Cancer Awareness Week
Doctor discusses unique approach to treating adolescent and young adult cancers. Warren Alperstein, M.D., a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the treatment of adolescent and young adult cancers (AYA), and how…
Focusing on You: World-Renowned Leukemia Specialist Now Treating Patients at Sylvester
Patients with blood cancers must take extra precautions during COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Mikkael Sekeres, M.D., the new Chief of Hematology and leukemia specialist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part…
First Gene Therapy in the U.S. Approved for Childhood Leukemia
For decades, medical researchers have taken small, mostly unsuccessful steps toward making gene therapies a reality. But true progress was made Tuesday when the Food and Drug Administration approved an…