UT Health Science Center San Antonio co-sponsors international breast cancer symposium Dec. 6-10

December 5, 2016

More than 7,000 oncologists, cancer researchers and patient advocates will converge on San Antonio Dec. 6-10 for the 39th San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Among them will be researchers and oncologists from the Cancer Therapy & Research Center of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, which founded the conference in 1978.






$2.3 million grant to help diagnose Alzheimer’s, other diseases

November 18, 2016

The John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation, a fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, on Nov. 1 announced a three-year, $2.3 million grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for high-powered radiological equipment to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related conditions.





CPRIT awards $5.8 million to UT Health Science Center

November 17, 2016

The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) on Nov. 16 announced $5.8 million for research and training programs of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The CTRC is one of the state’s four NCI-designated Cancer Centers. The largest grant, $3,996,895, will […]