SA MD News: South Texas Pediatric Blood and Cancer Center: Serving South Texas’ Most Seriously Ill Children Through Cancer Care and Research

February 7, 2019

Expert pediatric cancer physicians and researchers at UT Health San Antonio are working to improve the lives of children with cancer, both for today and tomorrow. UT Health San Antonio, in partnership with the University Health System, offers advanced care for children battling cancer through the South Texas Pediatric Blood and Cancer Center. The team, […]




Drug Discovery & Development: Do All Chemotherapies Have Equal Long-Term Heart Risk?

January 31, 2019

Gregory Aune, MD, PhD, of UT Health San Antonio, served on a team that found different chemotherapy drugs used to treat children with cancer appear to have different risks long term for cardiomyopathy (abnormal heart muscle with impaired function). The study was in more than 28,000 childhood cancer survivors. Credit: UT Health San Antonio In […]


UT Health SA Newsroom: Do all chemotherapies have equal heart risk long term?

January 31, 2019

Study of 28,000 childhood cancer survivors finds important differences In long-term survivors of childhood cancer, cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of early death from non-cancer causes. In a new study, published Jan. 31 in JAMA Oncology, researchers compared four chemotherapy drugs with the development of cardiomyopathy (abnormal heart muscle with impaired function) years after treatment.


EurekAlert: Do all chemotherapies have equal long-term heart risk?

January 21, 2019

SAN ANTONIO — In long-term survivors of childhood cancer, cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of early death from non-cancer causes. In a new study, published Jan. 31 in JAMA Oncology, researchers compared four chemotherapy drugs with the development of cardiomyopathy (abnormal heart muscle with impaired function) years after treatment.