Dr. Anna Lasorella discusses innovative cancer treatments – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center shared the following on LinkedIn:

“Dr. Anna Lasorella, co-director of the Sylvester Brain Tumor Institute (SBTI) and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miller School, is leading efforts to ensure that cancer patients receive treatments rooted in a deep molecular understanding of the biology of their tumors. We sat down with Dr. Lasorella to discuss her research and innovative approach.

What inspired you to go into laboratory research?

While I was treating children with brain cancer, I saw that we were not making any progress and that we were always delivering higher doses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, trying to kill a tumor, which was not understood at all. I decided that I was probably better suited to trying to understand why these tumors were so aggressive and how we could use this knowledge to design more rational treatments rather than keep doing the same thing over and over again and having children dying or being disabled by the treatment.

This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, learn more about Dr. Anna Lasorella.”

Source: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/LinkedIn