Mays Cancer Center partners with American Cancer Society to diagnose lung cancer sooner in South Texans
Mays Cancer Center Annual Report
“This support is invaluable in helping our multidisciplinary team provide early detection and life-saving care to those at risk. We are improving outcomes and saving lives in the fight against lung cancer in a way that no other integrated academic health system in our region can do.”
– Ramon Cancino, MD, MBA, MS, FAACP, executive director of UT Health San Antonio’s Primary Care Center
Early diagnosis of lung cancer in Texas ranks as one of the lowest in the country. Among all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Texas is 48 out of 51 in lung cancer screenings.
To help Texans get earlier diagnoses, Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has partnered with the American Cancer Society (ACS) in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness. The ACS granted a $30,000 contribution to UT Health San Antonio’s Primary Care Center locations. The grant funded a lung cancer screening navigator and encouragement of more at-risk South Texans to get screened for lung cancer throughout San Antonio and South Texas.
The program was funded by Crucial Catch, a partnership between the National Football League and the ACS that promotes cancer prevention and early detection. Known as the 2025 Screening Interventions Program, the initiative is a health care program focused on promoting and improving cancer screening practices across the nation.
