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May 9, 2016
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has surpassed the halfway point in its $3 billion funding plan set in motion via a constitutional amendment in 2007 to attack the deadly disease. Read the full story at San Antonio Business Journal
May 6, 2016
Action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) May 5 to regulate e-cigarettes and vaping in the same way as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is “a welcome step toward reducing the nation’s cancer burden,” said Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the Health Science Center. […]
April 25, 2016
In a celebration of cancer survivorship, people from throughout San Antonio who are receiving cancer treatment or who have overcome cancer can run or walk for free in the Cancer Therapy & Research Center ‘s ‘Give Cancer the Boot!’ 5K Run/Walk. Read the full story at Public Now.com
April 25, 2016
When it comes to fighting cancer, many turn to chemotherapy or medication, but exercise can also benefit patients. Watch the full story at News 4
April 11, 2016
DigniCap is a new device promising to help cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy. The Cancer Therapy & Research Center was the first to use the device simultaneously with chemotherapy.
March 24, 2016
For a long time, a diagnosis of colon cancer was a near death sentence. In the past 15 years both the mortality rate as well as the incidence of colon cancer has dropped significantly.
