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Marc D. Feldman, MD, Briscoe Division of Cardiology, co-edits paperback version of classic textbook in interventional cardiology

The most famous textbook in interventional cardiology, Grossman and Baim’s “Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography and Intervention,” now bears the name of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio on its inside cover. Marc D. Feldman, MD, emeritus and adjoint professor of medicine in the Janey and Dolph Briscoe Division of Cardiology, worked with […]

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Experts at 2023 San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference to examine 50 years of progress, future directions

Media contact: Will Sansom, sansom@uthscsa.edu, (210) 567-2579 On-site contact: Julie Collins, collinsjr@uthscsa.edu, (210) 218-8746 SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 12, 2023) – Hundreds of individuals from around the world will gather in San Antonio Oct. 17-18 to focus on the psychological health needs of military service members and veterans. With 2023 marking 50 years since the end […]

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UT Health San Antonio becomes first civilian center in South Texas to launch FDA-approved radiotherapy treatment for advanced prostate cancer

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 6, 2023 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) announces the successful launch of Pluvicto, a radiopharmaceutical used to treat patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March of 2022, Pluvicto […]

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

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 6, 2023 – Three decades after discoveries linking mutations in the BRCA1 gene to breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility, research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has pinpointed the molecular mechanism by […]

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Mays Cancer Center: Targeting certain molecular interactions could yield new strategies for treating prostate cancer

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 5, 2023 – Research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has discovered that altering certain molecular interactions could yield new strategies for treating prostate cancer and related diseases. The study focuses on […]

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Barshop Institute team discovers why liver disease is more severe in older people

Lower levels of a protective protein lead to liver inflammation, scarring Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 3, 2023) ­— Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) have identified a molecular pathway that connects aging to end-stage liver disease. A set of […]

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Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio identifies possible markers for early metastatic lung cancer

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 4, 2023 – Researchers at Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have identified protein markers that could signal for early development of metastatic lung cancer, providing possibilities for new treatment. The findings already have led […]

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San Antonio Oral Cancer Walk 2023 set for Oct. 14

Registration underway for 3K event at UT Health San Antonio Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 3, 2023 – The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry once again is partnering with The Oral Cancer Foundation to host The San Antonio Oral Cancer Walk 2023 on Saturday, Oct. 14, celebrating oral cancer survivors […]

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UT Health San Antonio gears up to fight childhood cancer, thanks to Hyundai Hope on Wheels® grants

Contacts: Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu, Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Children with cancer were joined by their families as they dipped their hands in finger paint and left their mark on a new Hyundai SUV at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UT Health San Antonio) Greehey Children’s Cancer Research […]

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Mays Cancer Center’s latest radiation therapy reduces treatment times, increases favorable outcomes for prostate cancer

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 22, 2023) – Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, introduces the newest technology in treating prostate cancer. This innovative method is called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), a minimally invasive therapy using high amounts of radiation with millimeter precision to […]

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