5/30/2025- Take time to enjoy the sunshine safely this summer. Keep yourself and those you love protected from harmful rays and stay smart about skin cancer prevention.
Media Outlet: KXXV-TV (ABC, Waco)
12/10/2024- Teague High School coach, Lawrence Gullette, shared with KXXV-TV (ABC, Waco) his Stage I prostate cancer diagnosis after undergoing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Since he never had any symptoms, he never expected a diagnosis like this one. Today, he urges other men to get screened for this cancer type to catch it early.
Media Outlet: KXXV-TV (ABC, Waco), KWTX-TV (CBS, Waco), KWKT-TV (Fox, Waco), KCEN-TV (NBC, Temple), Waco Tribune-Herald
7/18/2024- While receiving radiation treatment from Justin W. Wray, M.D., Ph.D., Texas Oncology-Waco, Fiona Bond, CEO of Creative Waco, was inspired to create a gallery of photography featuring local murals created by students in Creative Waco’s ARTPrenticeship program. The now display in Waco’s radiation wing, exam rooms and waiting room features art projects that Waco residents are familiar with – bringing patients a sense of comfort and community to patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Media Outlet: KXXV-TV (ABC, Waco)
3/22/2024- Tyler Snedden, M.D., Texas Oncology-Clifton, Horizon Circle, and Waco, shares with viewers the recent increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses in younger people, emphasizing how “cancer is no longer an ‘old person’s disease’” and sharing symptoms patients should look out for. Revendy Rhodes, a patient of Thomas Harris, M.D., Texas Oncology-Groesbeck and Waco, shares his colorectal cancer treatment journey as well as the importance of screenings.
Media Outlet: KWTX-TV (CBS, Waco)
2/7/2024- Amy Faulkner, 48, an honors and AP teacher at China Spring High School, spoke with KWTX-TV (CBS, Waco) about her cancer treatment journey and how she balanced life as a high school English teacher, never calling in sick a single day. Her oncologist, Carl Chakmakjian, D.O., FACP, Texas Oncology-Gatesville, Mexia, and Waco, shared more about Amy’s treatment and how well she responded, emphasizing how tough she is.
Media Outlet: KCEN-TV (NBC, Temple)
1/24/2024- Cervical cancer rates are increasing among women in their 30s and 40s. This January, cervical cancer awareness month, Texas Oncology shared with KCEN-TV (NBC, Temple) their expertise on this disease and the symptoms women should note that can develop overtime in spotting cervical cancer.
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: KCEN-TV (NBC, Temple)
10/31/2023- “In my 26 years as an oncologist, I’ve seen about five men with breast cancer,” says Carlos A. Encarnación, M.D., FACP, Texas Oncology-Hamilton and Horizon Circle. Dr. Encarnación joins KCEN-TV (NBC, Temple) to talk about the rarity of male breast cancer yet the importance of men recognizing the signs and symptoms to catch the disease early.
10/13/2023- BEAUMONT – Texas Oncology, one of the largest community-based oncology practices in the U.S., marked today the recent opening of its new 32,000 square-foot cancer care center, located on the CHRISTUS Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth campus. The new, larger center was built to enable Texas Oncology to provide an enhanced patient experience while meeting the growing need for cancer care in Beaumont and throughout Southeast Texas.