UT Health Cancer Center offering free skin cancer screenings Aug. 10

July 19, 2017

SAN ANTONIO (July 19, 2017) ― With temperatures rising and little rain in sight, San Antonians are getting an extreme dose of sunshine. With that comes an increased risk of skin cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. UT Health Cancer Center, part of UT Health San […]




Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer?

July 18, 2017

Rong Li, Ph.D., and colleagues at The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio, are building on 15 years of BRCA1 studies. Their latest discovery, reported June 26 in Nature Communications, is of a new, previously unrecognized function of BRCA1.

Rong Li, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio, studies BRCA1 gene mutations and breast cancer.


Strengthening military caregivers is new program’s goal

July 3, 2017

Pilot program funded by USAA will serve 50 families with goal of expanding nationally SAN ANTONIO (July 3, 2017) ― On the Fourth of July and every day, we honor our nation’s armed forces personnel who sacrificed their health and even life itself for our freedom. At home, many of our wounded warriors live with […]




Voelcker Fund approves $2.3 million for UT Health research

June 16, 2017

Trustees of the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund have approved more than $2.3 million in new research funding for rising investigators at The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio.

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