Cancer Knowledge Network: What Factors are Associated with Hearing Loss in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Platinum Agents?

May 4, 2017

THE RESEARCH:  Determinants of ototoxicity in 451 platinum-treated Dutch survivors of childhood cancer:  A DCOG late-effects study.  Researchers compiled treatment data and audiograms from 451 childhood cancer survivors (CCS) treated at seven pediatric oncology centers in the Netherlands.  The study focused on identifying patients that had received platinum agents without cranial irradiation since no previous studies […]

Scientia: Dr Peter Houghton – Novel Therapeutics For Childhood Solid Tumours

February 15, 2017

Dr Peter Houghton’s group implements preclinical trials to identify new drugs that may be effective and less toxic treatments against childhood cancers. From patient-derived xenografts in immunodeficient mice to utilising canine cancer patients as models, they have identified over 80 new drugs or drug combinations for the treatment of these diseases. Solid tumours in children Approximately […]

Washington Post: A new urgency to protect survivors of childhood cancer

December 25, 2016

SAN ANTONIO — When Brittany Galan was diagnosed with leukemia at 6 weeks old, doctors warned her parents she had little chance of surviving — she was so young and so sick. But after being treated with chemotherapy, “I lived and lived!” said the exuberant 24-year-old. “Everyone calls me the miracle baby.” The lifesaving chemo, however, took a […]

Washington Post – Live, “How cancer lives on in young adults after treatment ends”

December 7, 2016

Speaking to The Washington Post Tuesday, Gregory Aune, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cancer Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and young cancer survivor explained how the side effects of early cancer treatments can live with a person for the rest of their life. “I had hyperthyroidism from the radiation […]

Hyundai Hope on Wheels Awards $250,000 Research Grant to Ut Health Science Center San Antonio in Honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September 12, 2016

San Antonio, TX – September 12 – Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW) and San Antonio-area Hyundai dealers will present UT Health Science Center San Antonio with a $250,000 Scholar Grant to be used to improve care and increase treatment options for kids with cancer. UT Health Science Center San Antonio was one of 24 recipients across the […]

UT Health SA Newsroom: CPRIT awards $10.9 million to Greehey institute for cancer research

May 20, 2016

The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at the Health Science Center garnered $10.9 million from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)―a larger amount than any other academic institution in the state. The Health Science Center received 24 percent of the $45.3 million awarded to 13 academic institutions on May 18. The grant was the […]

UT Health SA Newsroom: CPRIT awards $10.9 million to Greehey institute for cancer research

May 20, 2016

The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at the Health Science Center garnered $10.9 million from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)―a larger amount than any other academic institution in the state. The Health Science Center received 24 percent of the $45.3 million awarded to 13 academic institutions on May 18. The grant was the […]

Dr. Yidong Chen awarded a $3.7M CPRIT Core facility award

May 1, 2016

In May 2016, Dr. Yidong Chen was awarded a $3.7M CPRIT Core facility award (RP160732) to upgrade and expand NGS capacity and further accelerate the adoption of high-throughput technology in translational cancer genetics and epigenetics research at UT Health San Antonio and the South Texas region. An Illumina NextSeq 500 was acquired by funding support […]

NursingCenter: Profiles in Oncology Social Media: National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

September 25, 2015

Greg Aune, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor at Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at age 16 and successfully treated with chemotherapy and radiation. But in the 25 years since, he has suffered a stroke, developed pre-diabetes, and undergone open-heart surgery to repair […]