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November 20, 2024
This year in the United States, it is projected that more than 2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, more than 600,000 people will die of the disease — an average of nearly 1,680 each day. The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and basketball coach Jim Valvano […]
November 18, 2024
World-renowned biochemist and expert on the roles of BRCA1 and BRCA 2 in DNA repair, Patrick Sung, DPhil, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and associate dean for research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was recently recognized as the 2024 recipient of the […]
October 29, 2024
The School of Dentistry earned the first National Institutes of Health grant under its new Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research, addressing pain in patients with head and neck carcinoma.
October 21, 2024
Patrick Sung, DPhil, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and associate dean for research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is the latest recipient of the 2024 Basser Global Prize. A leading researcher in the field of DNA damage repair and cancer biology, Sung has been awarded the […]
October 17, 2024
A panel of UT Health San Antonio experts participated in a town hall hosted by KSAT anchor Stephania Jimenez on Oct. 8 to discuss cancer rates among the Hispanic community and how the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital, in collaboration with the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio, will help […]
October 11, 2024
David Gius, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and assistant dean of research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), was named this year’s recipient of the prestigious American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Career Recognition Mentorship Award. David Gius, MD, PhD Gius is associate cancer center director […]
