Cancer Services at UHealth

University of Miami Health System provides cancer care through Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, South Florida's only university-based cancer center. Sylvester's multidisciplinary health care team provides clinical services, innovative treatment strategies, and cancer research for medical breakthroughs.

In addition to the facility on the Miami-Dade medical campus, Sylvester also has a satellite facility, UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach, which offers residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties a broad range of services for the treament of a variety of cancers.

Sylvester's physicians provide care to more than 3,000 new patients each year in 15 different site disease groups.

You can find a doctor or make an appointment at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center web site, or call 305-243-1000 or 1-800-545-2292.

Cancers treated include:

• bone & soft tissue
• breast
• colorectal
• eye
• gynecologic cancers – cervical, endometrial, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, vulvar
• head & neck cancers – oral, pharyngeal, laryngeal, salivary gland
• leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma
• lung cancer
• melanoma & related skin cancers
• neurological
• pancreatic, liver, & related cancers
• pediatric
• prostate, bladder, & kidney
• stomach & esophageal
• thyroid & other endocrine

Diagnostic and Treatment Technologies:

• Advanced X-Ray Technology
• Biopsy Procedures
• Combined CT-PET
• Diagnostic Radioisotope Services
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Mammography
• Needle Aspiration
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan)
• Spinal Tap/Lumbar Puncture
• Ultrasound (Sonography)
• Bronchoscopy
• Sputum cytology

Surgical Options:

Sylvester provides surgical treatments for patients including blood or bone marrow transplantation; Sylvester has the only allogenic transplant program in South Florida and is one of the largest blood and marrow transplant programs in the state.

Other surgical procedures include:

• Masectomy
• Laparoscopic procedures - video-assisted thoracic surgery.
• Cryosurgery
• Ductoscopy
• Laser surgery
• Mohs surgery
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife)
• Laparoscopic lymph node sampling
• Salpingo-oophorectomy
• Laryngoscopy

Radiation Therapy

The Department of Radiation Oncology provides high quality cancer treatment using the most advanced technology available.

• CyberKnife®
• Varian Linear Accelerators
• RapidArc®
• Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT)
• Brachytherapy
• Calypso® (4D Localization System)
• CT-Simulation
• MRI-Simulation and Planning
• Pet-CT for Planning

Please take a few minutes to explore the Radiation Oncology website to find out more about the innovative treatment options featured in our department.

Chemotherapy & Other Therapies

• Arterial embolization
• Biological therapy
• Hormonal therapy
• Photodynamic therapy

An added benefit of treatment at Sylvester is access to the latest treatment modalities through clinical trials. For more information on clinical trials available to patients, please click here, or call Sylvester’s Clinical Trial Matching Service at 1-866-574-5124 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (except holidays).

For more information about clinical trials, please call 1-800-545-2292.