Hispanics’ cancer risk the topic of CTRC’s next public lecture
August 2, 2011
Hispanics, who make up 60 percent of Bexar County’s population and almost 40 percent of Texas’, face special cancer risks.
CPRIT gives Health Science Center researcher cancer prevention grant to partner with YMCA
July 28, 2011
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) on Wednesday awarded $265,000 to a researcher from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio who is working with the YMCA of Greater San Antonio to encourage healthy living and cancer prevention.
New study evaluates yoga’s benefits for breast cancer survivors
July 21, 2011
In response to staggering obesity and breast cancer mortality rates, a new local study is testing how different types of exercise—like yoga—best improve cancer survivors’ fitness, quality of life and molecular indicators of future risk.
CPRIT honors San Antonio cancer investigators
July 15, 2011
A ceremony marking Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas’ awards totaling almost $13 million in cancer research dollars to San Antonio health and academic institutions
JAMA study shows importance of updating family cancer history in adult patients
July 12, 2011
One of the best ways to determine a person’s risk for certain cancers is family health history – and between the ages of 30 and 50, that family history can change significantly.
Strength of Spirit in Overcoming Cancer
July 8, 2011
Scientific evidence and personal stories presented in free lecture