Media Outlet: KERA News (NPR, North Texas)
4/22/2024- Dallas and Austin are part of a worldwide clinical trial underway to find a more effective treatment to lower the recurrence of melanoma or high-risk skin cancer. KERA’s Sam Baker talks with Charles Lance Cowey, M.D., medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Baylor Sammons Cancer Center and an investigator on the studies for the melanoma vaccine.
Media Outlet: D Magazine
2/14/2024- Texas Center for Proton Therapy has been serving cancer patients in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond for eight years, providing leading-edge patient care by not only ridding patients of cancer, but maximizing their quality of life during treatment and beyond — even decades later.
12/21/2023- As we approach the end of another year of great progress and promise in cancer care, I am as hopeful and optimistic as ever. The rapid pace of new breakthroughs continues while our ability to deliver high quality care in communities across Texas is expanding and improving with new facilities and innovations in treatment such as genetics- and data-informed precision medicine.
Media Outlet: Houston Medical Times
12/7/2023- Carrum Health, a value-based Centers of Excellence healthcare solution changing how we pay for and deliver cancer and surgical care, and Texas Oncology, announce a new collaboration to provide high-quality, cost-effective breast cancer care to patients.
Media Outlet: Texas Monthly
12/1/2023- Texas Center for Proton Therapy is the first and only proton therapy center in Dallas-Fort Worth and the most technologically advanced cancer treatment option in the region, with three pencil-beam scanning proton machines and the ability to do volumetric on-board cone-beam CT imaging when a patient is on the treatment table. Any patient who has been told that they need radiation therapy should look into proton therapy as an option for primary treatment or in combination with other therapies.
Media Outlet: D Magazine
12/1/2023- For eight years, North Texas has had an advantage in the fight against cancer by having Texas Center for Proton Therapy in its own backyard, and as of fall 2023, the center has treated more than 4,000 new patients. Any solid tumor that requires radiation as a treatment component could likely be treated with proton therapy—brain, head and neck, lung, prostate as well as other gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers.
11/15/2023- Carrum Health, a value-based Centers of Excellence healthcare solution changing how we pay for and deliver cancer and surgical care, and Texas Oncology, one of the largest community-based oncology practices in the U.S., today announced a new collaboration to provide high-quality, cost-effective breast cancer care to patients.
Media Outlet: Living Well Magazine
11/1/2023- Like with all cancer types, knowing your risk of developing lung cancer is crucial in early detection. Understanding what preventable measures you should take, such as lung cancer screenings, can reduce your risk and protect your body against lung cancer.
10/28/2023- Texas Oncology, one of the largest community-based oncology practices in the U.S., and Navigating Cancer, a leading provider of oncology digital healthcare solutions, today announced significant patient benefits from an extensive deployment of routine electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) coupled with systematic patient navigation. Key findings presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium include a significant reduction in patient hospitalizations, a related reduction in overall cost of care, and fewer deaths.
10/27/2023- Keely Voytovich, M.D., shares what she wishes more people knew about when it comes to colorectal cancer and the greatest lesson she’s learned as a surgeon.