UT Health San Antonio recognized among nation’s top 100 oncology programs

October 28, 2025

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Honor highlights excellence in cancer care, research and innovation SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 28, 2025 – UT Health San Antonio’s Mays Cancer Center has been named among the nation’s leading hospitals and health systems for excellence in oncology programs, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. The publication’s annual list features more than […]




Advancing awareness of lobular breast cancer

October 10, 2025

UT Health San Antonio’s Mays Cancer Center is hosting a Grand Rounds Oct. 15 — Global Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day — to spotlight new approaches to diagnosis and treatment of invasive lobular carcinoma, a common but often overlooked form of breast cancer.




Wasmuth named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

October 1, 2025

Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and co-director of the cryo-EM facility at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. The five-year […]


Leading cancer research centers reinforce importance of safe and effective human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to prevent cancer

September 16, 2025

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239 Mays Cancer Center joins leading NCI-Designated Cancer Centers in a unified statement to raise awareness about vaccine SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 16, 2025 — Today, the Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas San Antonio Health Science Center, along with 61 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Centers with leading national organizations […]




UT Health San Antonio gears up to drive out childhood cancer

August 5, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2025 Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY UT Health San Antonio gears up to drive out childhood cancer Receives grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels® to continue its fight against the disease WHAT: In the United States, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer every day. To help in the […]




UT Health San Antonio scientists uncover how some cancers outsmart immune system

July 17, 2025

FOXM1 protein identified as key driver in immunotherapy resistance, unlocking new therapeutic avenues   For years, scientists have found the overexpression of a specific protein called FOXM1 in a wide range of cancers, including ovarian, breast and pediatric cancers. A recent study by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio […]