“Cancer Cowgirl” to share wit, wisdom at Pearl Stable March 17

March 3, 2009

Keynote speaker: Kris Carr, an award-winning actress, best-selling author, filmmaker and subject of the uplifting documentary Crazy, Sexy Cancer.

Noted childhood cancer researchers to meet in San Antonio

February 19, 2009

About 100 scientists from noted cancer centers will gather in downtown San Antonio Feb. 26-27 to share findings and exchange ideas at the Genetics and Biology of Childhood Cancer 2009 symposium

CTRC at UT Health Science Center offers practical course on new cancer drugs

February 18, 2009

Newly available anti-cancer drugs and promising agents that are still awaiting approval will be discussed at a conference March 6 – 7 at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Medical Center in San Antonio, TX.

Scientists identify molecular signature of leukemia stem cells

February 17, 2009

Scientists studying chronic myeloid leukemia, more commonly known as CML, are one step closer to decoding the “genetic signature” of stem cells in this disease.

Event discusses cancer’s impact on women’s lives

February 4, 2009

Woman to Woman, an annual symposium sponsored by the Cancer Center Council, brings women and health experts together to discuss topical cancer issues.

Radiation treatment after prostate removal significantly improves survival in men with advanced prostate cancer

January 19, 2009

Each year, about 100,000 men with advanced prostate cancer undergo surgery to remove their prostate gland (radical prostatectomy).