In The News
Read the latest Texas Oncology news and stories highlighting San Antonio practices and patients.
7/25/2017- Texas Oncology–San Antonio medical physicists Carlos Esquivel, Ph.D., and Rebecca McInturf participated in an exercise to compare the quality of treatment plans utilizing various tools.
Media Outlet: San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio
6/8/2017
Media Outlet: WOAI-TV (NBC), San Antonio
5/31/2017- Dr. Manuel Santiago, a medical oncologist and hematologist at Texas Oncology–San Antonio Medical Center, hosted WOAI-TV (NBC) for a behind-the-scenes tour of Texas Oncology’s newest comprehensive care center in San Antonio. The 40,000 square foot facility will serve as San Antonio’s largest cancer treatment facility and has the capacity to serve more than 300 patients a day, enhancing the opportunity to receive high-quality care near the needed support of loved ones.
Media Outlet: KABB-TV (FOX), San Antonio
5/31/2017- Dr. Manuel Santiago, a medical oncologist and hematologist at Texas Oncology–San Antonio Medical Center, hosted KABB-TV (FOX) for a behind-the-scenes tour of Texas Oncology’s newest comprehensive care center in San Antonio. The facility features a spacious healing garden for chemotherapy treatment that is completely open to the outdoors and nature. Texas Oncology–San Antonio Medical Center also offers services for patients with blood disorders.
Media Outlet: KVDA-TV (Telemundo), San Antonio
5/31/2017- Dr. Manuel Santiago, a medical oncologist and hematologist at Texas Oncology–San Antonio Medical Center, hosted Telemundo San Antonio for a behind-the-scenes tour of Texas Oncology’s newest comprehensive care center in San Antonio. The 40,000 square foot facility will serve as San Antonio’s largest cancer treatment facility and will offer leading-edge imaging and radiation treatment as well as advanced medical, surgical and hematologic oncology services.
Media Outlet: AARP
4/17/2017- Patients don’t have to choose between high-quality care and proximity to their hometown because cancer doesn’t care where you live. That’s why Texas Oncology was founded 30 years ago with this notion in mind.
Media Outlet: Texas Monthly
2/1/2017- There are reasons people live in big cities. Among them: convenient access to the best healthcare possible. But cancer doesn’t care if you live in a downtown high rise or on a rural ranch road. That’s why robust, high quality community-based cancer care is so important in Texas. A cancer diagnosis shouldn’t necessarily require late-night kitchen table conferences to plan trips to distant treatment facilities and doctor’s offices.
Media Outlet: The Rivard Report
12/22/2016- The holidays are a time when friends and family gather to celebrate traditions and make new memories. For cancer patients and their loved ones, the season is challenging. Dr. Thomas Fisher of Texas Oncology–San Antonio Southeast shares some tips to help families celebrate the holidays while coping with cancer.
Media Outlet: KSAT-TV (ABC). San Antonio
12/7/2016- Sharon Wilks, M.D., Texas Oncology—San Antonio Northeast, and her patient Angela Smith spoke with KSAT’s Ursula Pari about a breast cancer clinical trial that they are participating in, aimed at reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence in patients with triple-negative disease.
Media Outlet: Austin American-Statesman, Austin
11/12/2016- Tyisha Kemp, a 27-year-old Texas Oncology patient, was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer 22 weeks into her pregnancy. Dr. Ed Hesita of Texas Oncology–San Antonio Westover Hills is working to manage Tyisha's cancer without compromising the health of mother and baby.