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Lymphedema myth busters: Separating fact from fear
UT Health San Antonio plastic surgeons Dr. Anton Fries and Dr. Oriana Haran join us to debunk common misconceptions.
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Widely used metabolic drugs may help curb rising colorectal cancer in younger adults
A large, retrospective study conducted by scientists at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) suggests that people taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists — medications that are widely prescribed for metabolic disease — have a significantly lower risk of developing colorectal cancer compared with those taking aspirin. “This is astounding to […]
Read moreRobotic surgery on forefront of HPV-related cancer treatment
This story was first published in the February 2026 issue of the Bexar County Medical Society’s San Antonio Medicine magazine. New face of head and neck cancer A healthy 40-year-old man visits his primary care physician for a mass on his neck. He doesn’t smoke, has no risk factors for head and neck cancer, […]
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UT Health San Antonio doctors provide new hope for pancreatic cancer patients
UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital became the first in South Texas to use an emerging and less-invasive treatment called radiofrequency ablation on a comorbid patient with a pancreatic cancer tumor that couldn’t be removed by surgery.
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UT Health San Antonio awarded $3 million CPRIT grant to bolster cancer research and prevention efforts in South Texas
UT Health San Antonio received nearly $3 million in new academic and prevention awards as part of the latest, almost $154 million funding round announced on Nov. 19 by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
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UT San Antonio advances detection, prevention of hidden stomach infections linked to cancer
Research scientists and clinicians at UT Health San Antonio are working to halt one of the most persistent bacterial infections that silently affects millions of people worldwide.
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