Free public lecture on clinical trials this Thursday
June 7, 2011
A free public lecture this week on clinical trials and what they can do for cancer patients and the fight against cancer, with examples of patients’ experiences in clinical trials
New hope for cancer patients through clinical trials
June 1, 2011
Fewer than 10 percent of people who have exhausted conventional cancer therapies look into the possibility of participating in a clinical trial, yet those trials are a chance for them to try cutting-edge therapies under close and caring supervision.
Researchers pinpoint growth mechanism for cancer-related virus
May 20, 2011
A team of researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has pinned down an important mechanism controlling the growth of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
CTRC holds free public lecture on skin cancer
May 11, 2011
A free public lecture on skin cancer risks, prevention and treatment, part of the ongoing cancer prevention and treatment series at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Study shows enlarged prostate not a cancer warning sign
May 9, 2011
Despite the recommendations of some health groups, the symptoms of an enlarged prostate are not associated with the risk of prostate cancer, according to new data from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, a decade-long study of almost 19,000 men.
New study suggests breast cancer treatments lose effectiveness over time
May 9, 2011
Some breast cancer treatments designed to reduce the risk of a recurrence may lose their effectiveness once the patient survives the first three-year danger zone, suggests a new study published online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.