Marcela Mazo Canola, MD, helps us understand breast cancer signs, symptoms and risks.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that help protect the body by fixing damaged DNA and keeping cells healthy. When these genes have changes, or mutations, they don’t work the way they should. This can raise the risk of certain cancers, like breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer. These inherited mutations affect about 1 in every 200 to 300 people — over a million in the U.S. alone.

Researchers from the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio presented results of multiple lines of study during the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, operated in conjunction with the American Association of Cancer Research.

Marcela Mazo Canola, MD, breast medical oncologist at Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses how breast cancer has impacted the Hispanic/Latino population and the importance of breast cancer screenings. She also shares the signs of symptoms, along with the risk factors and what women can do to […]

Registration is open for the 46th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec. 5–9, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Experts will lead symposium discussions on clinical, translational and basic research. Attendees will receive information on experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease. Click here to register.