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

October 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 is a novel targeted molecular therapy that delivers radiation treatment […]




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

October 6, 2023

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 […]




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

September 26, 2023

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 […]




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

September 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 destroy tumors in the prostate. Stereotactic body radiation therapy is a […]