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 […]
Nearly 70 percent of San Antonio’s population is Hispanic, said Amelie Ramirez, who holds a doctorate in public health and is chair of Population Health Sciences at UT Health San Antonio, and that population is being hit particularly hard by cancer. [...]
Avanzando Caminos aims to understand the impact of various types of cancers on the Hispanic community. [...]
Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy is a treatment for thyroid conditions such as Graves’ disease and some types of thyroid cancer. It treats cancerous or other unhealthy cells that remain in the body after surgery.
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