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Sylvester by the Numbers

 

71st

NCI-Designated Cancer Center
in the Country
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1 of 2

NCI-Designated
cancer centers in Florida Florida Icon

33

NEW PHYSICIANS AND
PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS

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1,500+

PHYSICIANS,
PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS AND
SUPPORT STAFF

DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO
CANCER CARE AND RESEARCH

Physicians 

1,978

STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS
AND T CELL THERAPIES

COMPLETED SINCE
PROGRAM’S INCEPTION

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4,102

PATIENTS PARTICIPATING
IN 300 CLINICAL STUDIES

(INTERVENTIONAL AND
NON-INTERVENTIONAL);
109 OF THE TRIALS BECAME
AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS IN 2021

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9

Treatment facilites
across South Florida Pin Icon

15

Cancer site
disease groups
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397

Cancer-relevant,
peer-reviewed publications,
213 with other NCI-Designated
cancer centers

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12

CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES
AND 17 CANCER
SUPPORT GROUPS

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$56.3M

IN PEER-REVIEWED AND
NON-PEER-REVIEWED FUNDING

FOR 480 ACTIVE CANCER
PROJECTS; $29.3M IN PEER-
REVIEWED FUNDING (OF WHICH
$9.8M IS FROM NCI); $3.6M FOR
TRAINING GRANTS (ADDITIONAL)

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305

PATIENTS TREATED WITH
PROTON THERAPY

(SINCE THE DWOSKIN PROTON
THERAPY CENTER OPENED ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020)

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