News 4: UT Health San Antonio cancer expert explains bladder cancer

May 11, 2021

May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month and Dr. Robert Svatek, urologist from the Mays Cancer Center for patient care services within the UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, did a live segment on News 4 San Antonio to raise awareness about bladder cancer. Dr. Svatek explained the risk factors associated with bladder cancer, […]


San Antonio Express-News: ‘It all caught up to me’: San Antonio researcher to study life after cancer for Latinos

May 10, 2021

Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Salud America!, Population Health Sciences, was interviewed about a new study called  “Avanzando Caminos (Leading Pathways): The Hispanic/ Latino Cancer Survivorship Study” that will unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, psychosocial, biological and medical influences on post-cancer life in Latino cancer survivors. Read the story.


KSAT 12: San Antonio researchers hope new study benefits Latino cancer survivors

May 7, 2021

Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research and Salud America!, was interviewed about a new study called  “Avanzando Caminos (Leading Pathways): The Hispanic/ Latino Cancer Survivorship Study” that will unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, psychosocial, biological and medical influences on post-cancer life in Latino cancer survivors. Watch the story. 


News 4: Latino cancer survivors needed for $9.8M study

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 […]


New $9.8 million study is the 1st to seek full understanding of the Latino cancer survivorship journey   

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, […]