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May 5, 2021
This News 4 story is about the study, “Avanzando Caminos (Leading Pathways): The Hispanic/Latino Cancer Survivorship Study,” funded by a six-year, $9.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute that will team up two of its Cancer Centers, the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer […]
May 4, 2021
Media contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu By Cliff Despres SAN ANTONIO (May 4, 2021) – Latinos with cancer face a tough survivorship journey. Many suffer advanced disease, poor quality of life, and stressful social and economic inequities. This is why a new, first-of-its-kind national cohort study will unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, psychosocial, […]
April 16, 2021
Dr. Robert Svatek, chairman of urology and bladder cancer specialist with the Mays Cancer Center, gives great insights about advances in immunotherapy and the future of cancer care in this Lone Star Health News article. The story mentions that Dr. Svatek was an investigator in a clinical trial that combined immunotherapy with gene therapy to […]
April 1, 2021
This KSAT Community story is about the local nonprofit SA Cancer Council and its mission to provide support for cancer patients and support the Mays Cancer Center. Watch the story.
March 26, 2021
According to the study, 53.4% of participants receiving NF were free of cancer at three months and 45.5% of patients continued to be cancer-free for at least 12 months.
March 19, 2021
Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Population Health Sciences, and Dr. Carole White, School of Nursing, were interviewed in this Texas Public Radio program about Latinos being less likely to participate in research clinical trials, like COVID trials; it is critical that they do so, so that resulting treatments are effective for everyone. Listen here.