Cancer scientists named AAAS Fellows

November 23, 2015

LuZhe Sun, Ph.D., and Ratna K. Vadlamudi, Ph.D., of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


HSC awarded $5.7 million for cancer research, prevention

November 20, 2015

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) yesterday awarded five new grants totaling $5.7 million to fund research and prevention programs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.




Breast cancer adjuvant therapy benefit can wax and wane over time, study finds

November 2, 2015

After breast cancer surgery, women are prescribed adjuvant (or follow-up) therapies such as chemotherapy and endocrine drugs to reduce the risk of the cancer returning. It’s been assumed that the treatment effects of these therapies remain constant over time, but a new study from the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the opposite is true.