Director named for UT Health Cancer Center

June 13, 2017

Ruben A. Mesa, M.D., professor of medicine and chair of the Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and deputy director of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, has been named director of the UT Health Cancer Center.




Dr. Curiel awarded $3.3 million NCI grant

June 12, 2017

Tyler J. Curiel, M.D., M.P.H., of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, has been awarded a five-year, $3.3 million Provocative Questions grant by the National Cancer Institute.

Tyler Curiel, M.D., M.P.H.



New breast, brain research among UT Health posters to be presented at ASCO

June 1, 2017

Early results of a first-in-human clinical trial of a new breast cancer drug, and preliminary findings of a new viral treatment for brain cancer are among the posters to be presented by UT Health San Antonio cancer researchers at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting June 2-6 in Chicago. Approximately 15 posters involving more […]


Study: Younger women with breast cancer should lose weight

May 22, 2017

Researchers determined that women younger than age 60 diagnosed with breast cancer who have a genetic risk factor for obesity have a higher risk for gaining weight and therefore should begin a weight-loss program to increase their chance for survival.