High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Prostate Cancer Improves QOL
SAN ANTONIO — Men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer treated with external-beam pelvic radiotherapy (EBRT) had better quality of life (QOL) outcomes when the combined prostate brachytherapy boost had a high dose rate (HDR), according to research presented here. In a randomized phase III trial comparing health-related QOL outcomes after either low dose rate […]
New treatment to combat obesity and heart disease
An interdisciplinary research team at The University of Texas at San Antonio has successfully developed an innovative inhibitor that shows promise in fighting obesity and potentially preventing heart disease. Francis Yoshimoto, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, is leading a team that developed an anti-obesity drug that blocks the […]
Face Masks May Risk Bacterial Spread to Eyes During Intravitreal Injections
SAN ANTONIO — Face masks became seeded “almost instantaneously” with oral and nasopharyngeal bacteria, posing a potential risk of spread to the eyes during intravitreal injections for macular degeneration, according to a study reported here. Masks for all 73 patients involved in the study tested positive for a variety of common organisms, as well as […]