{"id":4577,"date":"2013-09-27T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"Gregory Aune, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>, a pediatric oncologist, is just one of many physician-scientists at the UT Health Science Center who, through cutting-edge research, i"},"modified":"2016-03-25T20:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T20:37:35","slug":"from-lab-to-clinic-cancer-survivors-patients-benefit-at-ctrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/from-lab-to-clinic-cancer-survivors-patients-benefit-at-ctrc\/","title":{"rendered":"From lab to clinic: Cancer survivors, patients benefit at CTRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gregory Aune, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>, a pediatric oncologist, is just one of many physician-scientists at the UT Health Science Center who, through cutting-edge research, is paving the way for new treatments for cancer patients and survivors.<\/p>\n

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\"Gregory

Gregory Aune, M.D., Ph.D., is a pediatric oncologist in the Long School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/b>Just about a half mile from the university\u2019s main campus is the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC)<\/a> where investigators, like Dr. Aune, conduct their studies. Patients directly benefit from discoveries made here that are translated into tailored treatment and compassionate care.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Martha Arredondo has experienced that care firsthand.<\/p>\n

Arredondo\u2019s parents had sheltered her from the worst news on her cancer diagnosis at age 13.<\/p>\n

“They all said I would be okay,” Martha said, “so I figured I would be okay.”<\/p>\n

But her parents bore the heavy weight of knowledge: Martha had developed a malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor. It was rare to begin with, and even rarer in young females. They were told that she wouldn\u2019t make it to age 16.<\/p>\n

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\"Martha

Now 29, Martha Arredondo has graduated from childhood cancer survivor to adult cancer survivor, and has two children of her own.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now 29, Martha has graduated from childhood cancer survivor to adult cancer survivor, and has two children of her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

During that time she fought the cancer\u2019s return several times \u2013 in her stomach, liver and even her brain \u2013 with the help of CTRC physicians and staff.<\/p>\n

They are her friends. And as a veteran cancer patient, Martha knows how important that is.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s amazing. I have so many friends there. At CTRC when the nurses have a break, they\u2019ll come out of their way to talk to you. They always ask about my kids and my husband.”<\/p>\n

“It makes it a lot easier for you to handle whatever it is that you\u2019re going through at that moment. I\u2019ve had so many experiences where it helped a lot.”<\/p>\n

Martha protects her own boys from many details of her illness, but they\u2019re acquainted with the CTRC.<\/p>\n

“My son calls the nurses \u2018the snack doctors.\u2019 They would send snacks for him, so when I would get home he would ask, \u2018Did you see the snack doctor?\u2019”<\/p>\n

She had a long relationship with her oncologist as well. Kamalesh Sankhala, M.D., saw Martha when he was a fellow helping to establish the sarcoma clinic at the CTRC. When he returned as a board-certified internal medicine specialist she became his patient again.<\/p>\n

“He was super nice and professional then, and he hadn\u2019t changed,” she said.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/span>For more information<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio is one of the elite academic cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designated Cancer Center, and is one of only four in Texas. A leader in developing new drugs to treat cancer, the CTRC Institute for Drug Development (IDD) conducts one of the largest oncology Phase I clinical drug programs in the world, and participates in development of cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. For more information, visit cancer.uthscsa.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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