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Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to enhance individualized, timely and equitable access to care for cancer patients and their families. The effort will feature use of an innovative mobile app to provide nutritional support and real-time symptom management to patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment, particularly the underserved and those living long distances from the clinic.
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Joint call to action urges individuals, providers and insurers to increase access to and utilization of low-dose CT screening for those at high risk for lung cancer Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 1, 2022) – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, accounting for almost 25% of […]
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Reuben S. Harris, PhD, professor and chair in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has received a UT System Faculty Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award in the amount of $1.5 million to establish his laboratory, assist […]
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Cancer survivors, cancer patients, friends, family and caregivers are invited to attend Living Beyond Cancer A-Z, a free symposium on Jan. 21, put on by the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center. It will feature a full day of learning, empowerment and discovery and will take place […]
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The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio — South Texas’ only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center — is putting a decades-old antidepressant drug to new use treating breast cancers that don’t respond to existing therapies. Research in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio provided […]
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The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, was the lead site for a study evaluating Phase I and Phase III clinical trials for elacestrant, a treatment for postmenopausal women and adult men with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 27 announced it approved the […]
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Anton Fries, MD, PhD, chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Cancer Treatment
Certain cancer types and therapies cause lymphedema, a condition that’s difficult to treat. At Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, you have access to exceptional care. Our services can help detect early development of lymphedema, may slow lymphedema progression and help many people maintain lasting symptom relief.
Cancer Treatment
At Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, our holistic approach includes fertility preservation services. You have access to highly skilled specialists and a wide range of options.