“Less than 50 percent of Americans are aware that alcohol is actually associated with increased cancer risk," said Tracy Crane, PhD, director of Lifestyle Medicine at Sylvester Comprehensive Center.
Alcohol and Cancer Risk: Sylvester Cancer Prevention Experts Available to Discuss Surgeon General’s Call for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol
News — MIAMI, FLORIDA - If you’re seeking medical experts to shed light on the surgeon general’s report linking alcohol consumption to several types of cancer, Dr. Tracy Crane and other specialists at , part of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, are available. They are uniquely qualified to speak to this issue given Sylvester’s holistic focus on lifestyle modification – including – as effective ways of preventing cancer, and also of treating it after a diagnosis.
LIFESTYLE MEDICINE
, RDN, (pictured) is director of Lifestyle Medicine at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and co-leads the Cancer Control Research Program. In this capacity, she examines the critical roles of nutrition and exercise on cancer prevention, treatment outcomes, and long-term quality of life. about her research and the here.
- QUOTE 1: “There is an increased risk of cancer when you consume alcohol, similar to tobacco and smoking.”
- QUOTE 2: “We do know that any amount of alcohol is associated with increased cancer risk.”
- QUOTE 3: Alcohol accounts for about 100,000 new cancer diagnoses each year in the United States and 20,000 cancer-related deaths.”
- QUOTE 4: “Less than 50 percent of Americans are aware that alcohol is actually associated with increased cancer risk.”
BREAST CANCER
, is associate director of Sylvester’s Community Outreach-Breast Cancer Program and medical co-director of . A breast cancer medical oncologist, she leads a multidisciplinary survivorship team of breast cancer experts who work to address the physical, emotional, spiritual, and nutritional needs of their patients. She has dedicated her career exclusively to building expertise in breast cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. Dr. Calfa speaks English, Spanish and Romanian.
, is director of Breast Surgical Oncology at Sylvester and co-leader of the Breast Site Disease Group. She works with multiple basic scientists at Sylvester who are evaluating breast cancer resistance with the goal of developing new treatments and improving quality of life for breast cancer patients. Dr. Kesmodel is bilingual (Spanish/English).
, is a breast cancer medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer prevention and treatment. As director of , she leads multidisciplinary teams comprised of many experts dedicated to breast cancer. Sylvester is one of the few centers in the country that has a tumor board at the molecular and genetic level. This enables scientists to study each patient’s tumor and detect what makes that tumor unique. Based on the information obtained, a very personalized plan is generated for that patient.
LIVER/PANCREATIC
, is a hepatologist and researcher at Sylvester who sees many patients at the intersection of alcohol and liver disease. She is part of a team investigating the genetic and environmental factors that drive the development of a chronic condition called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Read more about her research in Dr. Jones speaks English and Spanish.
, is a surgical oncologist specializing in treating patients with liver and pancreatic cancers and leads a research lab at where he studies the intersection between the immune system and therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer. Dr. Datta speaks English, Hindi and Bengali.
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