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U.S. News & World Report: Ozempic, Wegovy Might Lower Colon Cancer Risk

U.S. News & World Report: Ozempic, Wegovy Might Lower Colon Cancer Risk

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MedPage Today: GLP-1 Use Linked to Lower Colon Cancer Risk vs Aspirin

MadePage Today: GLP-1 Use Linked to Lower Colon Cancer Risk vs Aspirin

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UT Health San Antonio doctors provide new hope for pancreatic cancer patients

Less-invasive RFA method seen as a complementary treatment UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital became the first in South Texas to use an emerging and less-invasive treatment called radiofrequency ablation on a comorbid patient with a pancreatic cancer tumor that couldn’t be removed by surgery. The method, RFA for short, delivers controlled heat in […]

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UT San Antonio advances detection, prevention of hidden stomach infections linked to cancer

  Research scientists and clinicians at UT Health San Antonio are working to halt one of the most persistent bacterial infections that silently affects millions of people worldwide. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a spiral-shaped bacterium capable of burrowing into the stomach lining and is the only bacterium known to directly cause cancer. Through leading […]

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UT Health San Antonio awarded $3 million CPRIT grant to bolster cancer research and prevention efforts in South Texas

UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), received nearly $3 million in new academic and prevention awards as part of the latest, almost $154 million funding round announced on November 19 by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). This brings CPRIT’s […]

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Texas Public Radio: TPR News Now: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Texas Public Radio: TPR News Now: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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Collaborative research program aims to revolutionize cancer treatment

  More than 70% of all cancers are impacted by mutations caused by a group of DNA-editing enzymes that drives tumor growth and drug resistance. The apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide, or APOBEC, family, is a dominant factor in many cancers including bladder, breast, cervical, head and neck and lung. The University of Texas […]

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Gastrointestinal cancer rising sharply in younger adults

UT Health San Antonio’s advanced endoscopy team leads efforts in early detection and prevention Gastrointestinal cancers were previously believed to primarily affect older adults, but over the past two decades, rates of these cancers have increased dramatically in people under age 50. A new report from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reveals that colorectal, pancreatic, esophageal […]

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New study maps protein structure involved in DNA repair, cancer pathways

  When a protein is modified inside the cell, it can change how that protein works, either by turning on or shutting off vital functions. One important system that controls these changes is called the small ubiquitin-like modifier, or SUMO, pathway, which affects many actions including DNA repair and stress response. Scientists at The University […]

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Texas Public Radio | The Source: Early detection key as stomach cancer rates remain high among Latinos

Texas Public Radio | The Source: Early detection key as stomach cancer rates remain high among Latinos

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