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Mays Cancer Center Partners with Nation’s Top Cancer Organizations to Endorse Initiative to Increase Lung Cancer Screening in the United States

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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Patient data acquisition and analysis approaches maximizing search for biomarkers considering clinical diagnostic diversity and genetic and epigenetic influence (CTMS# 22-0069)

This is a translational clinical study aiming to develop approaches to process effectively human tissues and identify biomarkers for painful and non-painful chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). This study will involve obtaining two skin biopsies representing affected and non-affected parts of each patient’s limb. Painful and non-painful neuropathies will be determined by a variety of standard approaches implemented by a neurologist Dr. Bhavaraju-Sanka.  

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Living Beyond Cancer symposium scheduled for January

  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 […]