Melissa’s breast cancer journey

October 15, 2019

For Melissa Stockhoff, wife and mother to three small kids, life moves fast. She grew up in Idaho and made her way across the country before landing in Texas with her family. But in 2015, at the age of 33, her world came to a stop. What started out as a suspicious lump in her […]



Driving to end childhood cancer

September 23, 2019

Hyundai Hope on Wheels® presented two grants totaling $500,000 to UT Health San Antonio for pediatric cancer research.
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Novel therapy developed for inherited breast cancer

September 10, 2019

UT Health San Antonio researchers have discovered a novel way to kill cancers that are caused by an inherited mutation in BRCA1, the type of cancer for which actress Angelina Jolie had preventive double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in 2013. “This represents a new treatment for inherited breast and ovarian cancer, which are higher in […]