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.
Dena Porter knew something wasn’t right. She was on a girls’ trip to the beach when she felt a lump in her breast. She’d found a lump before that turned out to be nothing, but the Longview native says this one was different.
KEYE’s Sarah Navoy accompanied breast cancer survivor Maribeth Rowland on a holiday mission as she delivered hand-crocheted hats for chemotherapy patients to Texas Oncology–Austin Central, the same cancer care center where she received life-saving treatment four years ago.
The Statesman’s Marty Toohey profiled patient Ryan Smith on his journey as the first local recipient of an allogeneic stem cell transplant through the partnership between St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and Texas Oncology’s Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program.
Dr. Celeste Wilcox of Texas Oncology−Paris highlights some helpful dos and don’ts for navigating the holidays and gathering together when a loved one has cancer.
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.
Dr. Joyce O’Shaughnessy of Texas Oncology−Baylor Sammons Cancer Center discusses the MONALEESA-2 trial, a Phase III, randomized, double-blind, international study of LEE011 in combination with letrozole vs. letrozole alone, in postmenopausal women with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer.
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of gynecologic cancers, killing 14,000 women a year in the United States. It is often diagnosed in the late stages, when it is more difficult to treat.
Dr. Kent Ulrich of Texas Oncology—Wichita Falls Cancer Center joined Newschannel 6 Now's Chris Horgen to offer some helpful tips for gathering together with family for the holidays when a loved one has cancer.
With the holiday season upon us, Dr. Vivian Jean Cline of Texas Oncology–Marble Falls, offers some helpful tips for navigating the holidays and gathering together when a loved one has cancer.
Karen Dicken, breast cancer patient at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, shares her experience in a clinical trial for an experimental scalp cooling device that could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. Dr. John Pippen, hematologist and medical oncologist, explains how the “cool cap” chills follicles to slow everything down and keep the chemo out.