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In partnership with Seton Healthcare Family, Texas Oncology and Austin Radiological Association, The University of Texas at Austin has embarked on a two-year clinical study to test advanced imaging methods that could provide patients and physicians with new, valuable information on how to treat breast cancer in patients.
Dr. Thomas E. Hutson of Texas Oncology−Charles A. Sammons Cancer spoke with OncLive about the efficacy of combination therapy to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), specifically a 2-drug regimen approved by the FDA in May 2016.
More women than ever survive breast cancer according to Texas Oncology.
Texas Center for Proton Therapy is creating more hope for North Texas cancer patients. The 63,000-square-foot facility in Las Colinas opened in November 2015 and has quickly become a magnet for those seeking leading-edge treatments performed by a world-renowned staff in a setting to close home.
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, but the average five year survival rate for breast cancer is 89 percent. When cancer is located only in the breast the survival rate is 99 percent. That’s progress worthy of all the pink ‘everywhere’ that occurs each October.
Gayle Patel was featured in The Jewish Outlook ‘Business and Professional Women in Austin’ discussing her career, genetic testing, and the Genetic Risk Evaluation and Testing Program.
Beverly Butler, a Texas Oncology–Southwest Fort Worth patient, was diagnosed two years ago with stage III triple-negative breast cancer. Since then, she has undergone chemotherapy, surgical intervention and radiation.
A phone call at 9 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2010, would forever change the life of April Samuels, a professional drummer whose musical career spans more than 20 years.
Texas Oncology patient and breast cancer survivor Jamie Boyd says exercising 30 minutes each day helped her fight fatigue. Dr. Sasha Strain of Texas Oncology−Tyler explains that physical activity activates the immune system to fight cancer and minimizes chemotherapy treatment side effects.