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Early-onset liver cancer in the Hispanic/Latino population: A growing concern

Early-onset liver cancer, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma, is becoming more common in the Hispanic/Latino population, especially among younger people. While liver cancer rates are decreasing or staying the same in other groups, they have been increasing in Hispanic/Latinos under the age of 50.

New book provides big recommendations from the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference

Research findings, strategies target the leading cause of Latino death With cancer still rising in the U.S. Latino population, leaders at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and national cancer experts have published an online book with innovative recommendations to reduce Latino cancer. The book, “Advancing the […]

Renowned oncologist, Zheng, brings $500,000 UT System STARs award to UT Health San Antonio

Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has been awarded a $500,000 Translational Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award from The University of Texas System to elevate his research into monitoring pancreatic tumor […]

Where tomorrow’s breakthroughs begin: UT Health San Antonio’s first hospital opens, merging comprehensive care, innovation

This article is featured in the December 2024 issue of San Antonio Medicine Magazine. As the golden sun peeks over the Hill Country skyline, UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital begins to stir with the promise of a new day. A physician-scientist steps purposefully through the sleek glass entrance into an atrium bathed […]

What lung cancer patients need to know about cardiothoracic surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery is considered the most effective treatment for early-stage lung cancer because it offers the greatest likelihood of a cure.

Two UT Health San Antonio scientists awarded V Foundation grants to advance innovative cancer research

This year in the United States, it is projected that more than 2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, more than 600,000 people will die of the disease — an average of nearly 1,680 each day. The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and basketball coach Jim Valvano […]