Mays Cancer Center ranks nationally in clinical trial enrollments

June 6, 2023

  The Mays Cancer Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has ranked fourth in the nation for clinical trial enrollments among over a thousand institutions that are members of SWOG Cancer Research Network, formerly known as the Southwestern Oncology Group. SWOG is an organization supported by the National Cancer […]

Becker’s Hospital Review: 7 cancer study updates to know

May 24, 2023

Andrew Brenner, MD, Neurosurgery,  and William Kelly, MD, Hematology & Oncology, both of the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, were mentioned in this story via the word ‘conducted,’ which links to the university’s press release about the Mays Cancer Center conducting the only clinical trial in America of a specific drug combination for […]

Mays Cancer Center conducts only clinical trial in America of a specific drug combination for lethal brain cancer glioblastoma

May 23, 2023

An improvement in 6-month progression-free survival warrants additional study in a larger trial, researchers said. The Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio recently conducted a clinical trial combining two drugs in patients with recurrent, high-grade glioblastoma (GBM). The Mays Cancer Center, one of the four National Cancer […]



Molecule shows potential to combat treatment resistance in brain tumor glioblastoma

May 17, 2023

Glioblastoma-impacted mice lived longer when treated with combination of molecule drug and chemotherapy agent Glioblastoma (GBM), a highly devastating brain tumor, has long posed challenges as effective treatments have remained elusive. Despite responding initially to treatment, GBM patients often experience therapy resistance leading to low long-term survival rates, with only 7.2% of patients surviving beyond […]