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August 13, 2010
Dr. Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., professor and chair of urology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and executive director of its Cancer Therapy & Research Center, today has been elected chairman of the Early Detection Research Network, an initiative of the National Cancer Institute.
July 28, 2010
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio have found a gene that, when mutated, causes one type of adrenal cancer.
June 23, 2010
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) on June 18 announced $28.2 million in funding for a trio of projects that include researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
June 22, 2010
Peter Ravdin, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the Breast Health Clinic at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
June 16, 2010
An experimental treatment has regenerated bone destroyed by multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable cancer of the bone marrow, in 11 of the first 34 patients enrolled in a clinical study at eight research centers around the country.
May 28, 2010
People with fair skin, blue eyes and red hair are still at the highest risk for skin cancer, but doctors say the number of darker-skinned patients with skin lesions has risen dramatically, both under the hot Texas sun and nationally.