UT Health San Antonio
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Texas Public Radio: The Source — Fighting childhood cancer in San Antonio

Childhood cancer survivor Gregory Aune, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, was interviewed on this program.   Listen Now

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Clinical trial gives women with gene mutation power over disease

    When Juana Padron, a 40-year-old mother of four, chose to have a genetic test, going against her friends and family’s advice was the last thing on her mind. Padron’s aunt died from breast cancer, and she watched her sister endure two surgeries and chemotherapy as she successfully fought off ovarian cancer. Her primary […]

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San Antonio Express-News: UT Health San Antonio, seven others join in $46M of NIH funding for research that yields treatments

UT Health San Antonio President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP; Robert Clark, MD, Department of Medicine; and Afaf Saliba, PhD student, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, were mentioned in this article.   Read More

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SurvivorNet.com: What is Folate Receptor-Alpha Positive Cancer?

Yasmin Lyons, DO, Gynecologic Oncology, UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, home to MD Anderson Cancer Center, was interviewed by SurvivorNet.com about ovarian cancer.   Watch Now

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Dr. Amelie Ramirez wins AACI Cancer Health Equity Award

Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, MPH, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has won the 2023 Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) Cancer Health Equity Award. The award recognizes exceptional leadership in promoting health equity, mitigating cancer disparities, and advocating for diversity and inclusion at a cancer center. Ramirez is associate director […]

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People who preserve ‘immune resilience’ live longer, resist infections

Multinational study identifies immune resilience as a factor that influences life span, HIV/AIDS, flu, sepsis mortality, recurrent skin cancer and COVID-19 mortality Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working with collaborators in five countries, today revealed that the capacity to resist or recover from infections and other sources of […]

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HealthCentral.com: Immunotherapy Innovation Is Changing the Melanoma Game

Montaser Shaheen, MD, Hematology Oncology, professor of oncology and director of the immunotherapy program at the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed for this story.   Read More

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KSAT 12: San Antonio cancer center bracing for possible impact of drug shortage crisis

Mark Bonnen, MD, chair, Radiation Oncology, UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed for this news story.   Read More

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Mays Cancer Center ranks nationally in clinical trial enrollments

  The Mays Cancer Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has ranked fourth in the nation for clinical trial enrollments among over a thousand institutions that are members of SWOG Cancer Research Network, formerly known as the Southwestern Oncology Group. SWOG is an organization supported by the National Cancer […]

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Becker’s Hospital Review: 7 cancer study updates to know

Andrew Brenner, MD, Neurosurgery,  and William Kelly, MD, Hematology & Oncology, both of the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, were mentioned in this story via the word ‘conducted,’ which links to the university’s press release about the Mays Cancer Center conducting the only clinical trial in America of a specific drug combination for […]

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