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Concentrated approach in chemotherapy comes to Mays Cancer Center, gives hope to patients with inoperable liver tumors

  Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, proudly announces the launch of a specialized chemotherapy delivery system called hepatic artery infusion, also known as HAI pump therapy, for colorectal cancer patients whose tumors are inoperable and have spread to the liver. Approved by the US Food and Drug […]

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UT Health San Antonio skybridge nears completion, receives generous gift to name state-of-the-art walkway

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) held a special dedication ceremony near the construction site of the UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital. The ceremony marked the official announcement of the naming of the soon-to-be completed skybridge. Thanks to the generosity of San Antonio business owners and philanthropists […]

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Mays Cancer Center partners with American Cancer Society to increase lung cancer screenings in South Texas

  Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, is partnering with the American Cancer Society to spread awareness and encourage more at-risk South Texans to screen for lung cancer. Early diagnosis in Texas ranks as one of the lowest in the country. Among all 50 states, including Washington, DC, […]

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CPRIT grant to support HPV vaccination of childhood cancer survivors

  A grant of nearly $1 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) will expand a program of vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) among survivors of childhood cancer. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, but […]

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KSAT 12: Local researchers exploring alternatives to surgical cancer treatment

Weixing Zhao, PhD, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, and Sandeep Burma, PhD, FNASc, departments of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and Neurosurgery, the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, were interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now  

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ASBMB Today: Beauty at a geographic intersection

Sandeep Burma, PhD, FNASc, professor, vice chair (research), Biochemistry ands Structural Biology and Neurosurgery, UT Health San Antonio and the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio, authored this article.   Read More

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KSAT 12 TV: Third annual liver cancer symposium attracts health care professionals from across the country

Sukeshi Patel Arora, MD, leader of gastrointestinal malignancies program at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now

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KSAT 12: Leading SA — Breast radiation oncologist discusses what families should know about breast cancer

Shraddha Dalwadi, MD, Radiation Oncology, Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now

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KENS 5: Weekend walk in SA will honor those who battled oral cancer. Here’s how to register.

The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry and Oral Cancer Foundation is mentioned in this news segment.   Watch Now

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Newswise: New research led by Mays Cancer Center reveals how mutations in BRCA1 affect cancer susceptibility in women

Weixing Zhao, PhD, and Sandeep Burma, PhD, both with the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, were quoted in this article.   Read More

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