Prostate cancer treatment study changing the way doctors practice
April 4, 2013
A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends a dramatic shift in the way doctors treat metastatic prostate cancer.
Latinas face life-endangering delay between abnormal mammogram, diagnosis
March 8, 2013
Latinas who have an abnormal mammogram result take 33 days longer to reach definitive diagnosis of breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Cell phones and secondhand smoke — what in our environment causes cancer?
February 4, 2013
n a world full of chemicals and radiation, it’s easy to perceive — aided and abetted by the Internet — carcinogens everywhere; in the air we breathe, in the phones we use, in the energy drinks we quaff.
CPRIT funds study of drug resistance in glioblastomas
December 7, 2012
Studies of how to overcome drug resistance in deadly central nervous system tumors called glioblastomas will propel forward thanks to $755,718 from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
Free lecture to help understand your PSA results
December 1, 2012
In a free Dec. 8 public lecture, Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., will discuss the latest information in prostate cancer prevention and treatment.
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to tackle latest issues in research and treatment next week
November 29, 2012
Close to 7,500 researchers, clinicians and advocates will gather here next week at one of the largest breast cancer symposiums in the world.