Finasteride saves men from prostate cancer, doesn’t increase risk of death

August 15, 2013

A long-term follow-up to a groundbreaking study led by the director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center confirms that a drug shown to reduce risk of prostate cancer by more than a third has no impact on lifespan but further reduces the risk of prostate cancer.

Hyundai Hope on Wheels will award UT Health Science Center San Antonio with $75,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant for Pediatric Cancer Research

August 13, 2013

Nonprofit to surpass $72 million in total donations in support of childhood cancer research and programs by year-end 2013; UT Health Science Center has received $555,000 from Hope On Wheels since 2007

Sporting clay shooters, sponsors needed for Sept. 7 annual CTRC fundraising event

August 12, 2013

Registration is underway for the 20th annual Vulcan Materials Funshoot, a sporting-clay competition benefiting the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.

Estrogen enhancers tied to aggressive breast cancer

August 12, 2013

Regulatory elements seen as hubs controlling multiple genes

Komen Foundation gives $1 million for Health Science Center cancer research

August 1, 2013

Researchers at the UT Health Science Center have been awarded a $1 million grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help them zero in on a new way to treat triple-negative breast cancers.

Compounds outsmart solid tumors’ malfunctioning machinery

July 17, 2013

Precise action sets agents apart from existing anti-cancer therapies