New hope for treating the toughest cancers
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 […]
Mays Cancer Center led studies of innovative breast cancer drug that recently gained FDA approval
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 […]
KSAT 12: Lymphedema Treatment Act will cover what health insurance doesn’t
Anton Fries, MD, PhD, chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Margaret Walsh, PA-C Radiation Oncology
Lymphedema Care
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.
Lymphedema Surgery
Lymphedema surgery gives hope for healing when medical therapies alone are not successful. Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, is the only program in South Texas offering this advanced treatment. Our services consistently shrink swollen limbs, giving patients much-needed symptom relief.