In The News
Read the latest Texas Oncology news and stories highlighting Fort Worth practices and patients.
Media Outlet: Healthy Magazine, Cleburne Times-Review
10/15/2018- While millions of people are breast cancer survivors, it remains the most common cancer affecting women. Regardless of the high survival rate of breast cancer, Dr. Nurul Wahid, medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–McAllen, and Dr. Sandhya Bejjanki, medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Cleburne, often hear misconceptions or myths about the disease from patients. This penned byline addresses the facts and dispels common myths surrounding breast cancer.
Media Outlet: D CEO Healthcare
9/10/2018- Texas Oncology has opened a new facility in Fort Worth’s medical district. The new place is a consolidation of three other Texas Oncology locations within the city and brings medical, gynecologic, and radiation oncology services under one roof.
9/6/2018- Texas Oncology has announced the opening of a new, comprehensive cancer center in the heart of Fort Worth’s medical district. Texas Oncology–Fort Worth Cancer Center will offer patients greater convenience with access to medical, gynecologic, and radiation oncology services, all at one location.
Media Outlet: WFAA
9/6/2018- Proton therapy is a precise form of radiation treatment for a variety of cancers, including prostate. The treatment’s accuracy works to eliminate cancerous cells while minimizing exposure to healthy tissue near the tumor. As a result, patients get the benefit of extremely precise tumor targeting with a lower risk for potential side effects.
Media Outlet: KTVT-TV (CBS, Fort Worth)
9/5/2018- Texas Oncology has announced the opening of a new, comprehensive cancer center in the heart of Fort Worth’s medical district. Texas Oncology–Fort Worth Cancer Center consolidates several treatment facilities, making a streamlined process for patient and caregivers much easier.
Media Outlet: D CEO Healthcare
6/18/2018- Nearly three years after its first treatment, Texas Center for Proton Therapy has administered proton beam therapy to 1,000 people - a rate that’s kept the $105 million facility financially viable, even as it seeks to take on higher volumes moving forward. Dr. Andrew Lee, medical director for the center, discusses the benefit of having proton therapy available to patients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Media Outlet: Cleburne Times-Review
6/5/2018- Being declared cancer-free is something to celebrate. But for many patients, that milestone comes with a mix of emotions – joy, anger, relief, sadness, confusion, and even guilt. Dr. Sandhya Bejjanki, medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Cleburne, discusses advancements in medicine and technology that make it easier for patients to declare themselves cancer thrivers, not mere survivors.
Media Outlet: Cleburne Times-Review, Healthy Magazine
5/31/2018- Dr. Nurul Wahid, medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–McAllen, shares tips for approaching conversations with your oncologist, including educating yourself, communicating early and often, and elaborating about your values and preferences.
Media Outlet: Texas Talk Live with Lezlee
5/8/2018- Dr. Noelle Cloven of Texas Oncology–Fort Worth Cancer Center discusses the prevalence, signs and symptoms, testing, and prevention of ovarian cancer for World Ovarian Cancer Day.
4/12/2018- Baylor University Medical Center and Texas Oncology announced they are now offering CAR-T therapy to treat diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. These providers are working together and are among the first in the nation to treat patients with the only CAR-T cell therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat this form of cancer.