Read more about what’s happening at Texas Oncology and the newest advancements in cancer care. Here are the latest Texas Oncology news and stories highlighting local practices and patients. Select a search option below by cancer center, physician, media type and year and click the search button to find your results. Items in yellow are articles and items in blue are videos.
Texas Oncology patient Jennifer Cordts shares her journey through a recent inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis. Jennifer first recognized a slight discoloration of her breast and began seeking answers. Since being diagnosed, her mission is to educate men and women of the signs and symptoms of this rare disease and continue fighting alongside her family and her physician, Dr. Joyce O’Shaughnessy.
When it comes to a cancer diagnosis, understanding the way forward means knowing your options. It may also mean preparing for what can feel like an uncertain future.
The long days and the slower pace of summer makes it the perfect season to jumpstart improving your health, inside and out. By making simple changes to adopt healthy lifestyle habits, women can realize the full range of healthful benefits the season offers.
In honor of the Komen Race for the Cure on May 13 in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Svetislava Vukelja provided some helpful information regarding breast cancer risk and preventative measures to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer for both men and women.
Texas Oncology-Tyler employee Cindy Hughes and another woman who works in the oncology field in Tyler, share their breast cancer survivor stories and discuss the importance of early detection.
Recieving a cancer diagnosis is life changing. Figuring out what's next can be challenging, too. Texas Oncology talks about the importance of helping patients navigate through their cancer journey. It's vital in the cancer care process for patients to ask questions, pay attention to how they feel and share the journey.
Dr. Sylvia Jaramillo, a medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Austin North, visited Keilah Radio’s morning show to discuss lung cancer prevention, detection and treatment with the station’s Spanish speaking-audience. Dr. Jaramillo also suggested several smoking cessation methods for listeners who might be smokers, detailed patient case studies and elaborated on her experience treating lung cancer in the Austin community.
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.
Cancer patients in the Fort Worth area will have a much larger facility where they can receive treatments next year.
NBC-DFW interviewed Dr. Scott Fleischauer of Texas Oncology-North Arlington on the topic of a recently released HPV study. Dr. Fleischauer explains how HPV is contracted, its prevalence in the U.S., the statistics related to the cancer-causing strains and when to get the vaccine as a preventative measure.