Concentrated approach in chemotherapy comes to Mays Cancer Center, gives hope to patients with inoperable liver tumors

November 14, 2023

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, proudly announces the launch of a specialized chemotherapy delivery system called hepatic artery infusion, also known as HAI pump therapy, for colorectal cancer patients whose tumors are inoperable and have spread to the liver. Approved […]

James Bynum, PhD, selected as executive director of the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative

November 13, 2023

UT Health San Antonio trauma care professor, 23-year DoD researcher tapped Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 13, 2023 – James Bynum, PhD, professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been selected […]

Mays Cancer Center partners with American Cancer Society to increase lung cancer screenings in South Texas

November 10, 2023

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, is partnering with the American Cancer Society to spread awareness and encourage more at-risk South Texans to screen for lung cancer. Early diagnosis in Texas ranks as one of the lowest in the country. […]

UT Health San Antonio skybridge nears completion, receives generous gift to name state-of-the-art walkway

November 9, 2023

  Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu, Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) held a special dedication ceremony near the construction site of the UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital. The ceremony marked the official announcement of the naming of the soon-to-be […]

UT Health San Antonio launches Center for Global and Community Oral Health

November 9, 2023

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content provided by Kristen Zapata SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 9, 2023 – The School of Dentistry of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has launched the Center for Global and Community Oral Health, designed to bring together various existing outreach and research programs […]

Mia’s Freedom: automatic control of blood sugar

November 6, 2023

Newly approved system eliminates much of the labor of maintaining insulin levels Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 6, 2023) — Freedom is an individual concept. For 15-year-old Mia Campos of San Antonio, it means sleeping without alarms, visiting a friend’s house overnight, and feeling steady throughout a busy school day. Mia was […]