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September 6, 2022
The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio and local partner Evestra Inc. have been awarded a five-year, $3.3 million Academic Industry Partnership grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is the first grant of this kind awarded to UT Health San Antonio.
August 18, 2022
In a study featured on the cover of the Journal of Urology (Official Journal of the American Urological Association), researchers from the Mays Cancer Center and Department of Urology show that robotically removing cancer from the inferior vena cava is a safe and effective alternative to the standard open surgery for kidney cancer.
July 15, 2022
Paymon Bagheri has joined the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, as the senior director of finance and administration. Paymon is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) and a certified Lean Six Sigma health […]
July 14, 2022
Dr. Ruben Mesa, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, is shown in an interview he gave this spring that recently appeared on stations nationwide. Watch Video
July 14, 2022
Momelotinib, an oral pill taken once a day, significantly improved outcomes of patients treated for myelofibrosis (MF), a rare but fatal bone marrow cancer, researchers reported June 7. Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, presented results of the MOMENTUM phase 3 randomized […]
July 12, 2022
Black women die of breast cancer at rates nearly 40% higher than white women, despite having lower instances of the disease, because of racial disparities in care, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article by a UT Health San Antonio surgical oncologist and two American Cancer Society scientists. The authors, led by Ismail […]