Cancer Survivors Heal Mind, Body And Spirit At Annual Wellness Conference
April 9, 2008
After a diagnosis of cancer, many patients and their families can think of little else but the word “cancer.”
Minimally invasive surgery a new option for early stage lung cancer patients
March 25, 2008
Lobectomies are the “gold standard surgery” for early stage lung cancer, but a new, minimally invasive surgical procedure that entails no great trauma to the chest wall is helping patients recover more quickly and without as much pain as the traditional operation.
Dr. Francis J. Giles Receives Irish Medical Science Award CTRC at The UT Health Science Center physician honored internationally for his clinical and research efforts in the treatment of cancer
March 3, 2008
The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio announced today that Francis J. Giles, MD, MB, FRCPI, FRCPath, has been honored as the recipient of the Medtronic Award at the National University of Ireland Galway Alumni Awards Gala.
Cancer Center Council Annual Spring Luncheon
February 28, 2008
The Cancer Center Council, in support of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The UT Health Science Center, presents the Fifteenth Annual Spring Luncheon featuring Dr. Dan Shapiro.
Local prostate cancer specialist selected to lead national committee
February 28, 2008
The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio is pleased to announce Ian Thompson, M.D., director of the CTRC genitourinary clinic and professor and chairman of the Department of Urology at The UT Health Science Center School of Medicine, has been selected to serve as a co-chair for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Genitourinary Steering Committee.
New UT Health Science Center medicine chairman plans to build key areas, including oncology, cardiology
February 20, 2008
L. David Hillis, M.D., the recently appointed chairman of the Department of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, assumed his duties in January.