Mays Cancer Center researchers to present findings and discuss disparities during 2021’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

December 1, 2021

Treatable mutations, obesity-driven cancer and clinical trial access are among local speakers’ topics for this year’s symposium. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 1, 2021) — Researchers from the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, will present results of multiple lines of study Dec. 7-10 […]

UT Health San Antonio provides HOPE to nursing home dental patients

November 30, 2021

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mary Vermersch had to have all her upper and lower teeth removed, and partial dentures haven’t worked well for her since. She is among a slice of Texas nursing home residents unable to qualify for complete dentures under any governmental dental program, and private dental insurance either […]

Mesa, Mays Cancer Center play role in getting new medications for blood cancers approved

November 29, 2021

Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 29, 2021) — With U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in November of a new medication for polycythemia vera (PV), the outlook brightened a bit for patients with that controllable, but chronic, form of blood cancer. Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the […]

Yoga improves quality of life in men with new diagnosis of prostate cancer

November 23, 2021

Yoga improved physical and mental well-being and promoted a robust immune response in a randomized clinical trial of men with prostate cancer. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 23, 2021) — An estimated 1.4 million men were diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide in 2020, according to the American Cancer Society and the […]

Robotic surgical approach provides faster recovery for testicular cancer patients

November 17, 2021

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Antonio Flores admits he was “very curious” when told a robot would be used to operate on him. “But honestly,” he said, “everything I was thinking at that moment was to recover the quickest, so I could get back to work.” Surgeons at Mays Cancer Center, home […]

Virtual addiction medicine clinic connects Texans to no-to-low-cost recovery services

November 17, 2021

Health care option for substance use disorders increases access as COVID-19 exacerbates opioid epidemic in Texas. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Christi Mott, 210-663-0914, mottc@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 17, 2021 — In partnership with UT Health San Antonio, Be Well Texas, a new statewide addiction medicine treatment option, has launched virtual services for those seeking […]