TAMIU graduates use LEAP to enter School of Health Professions graduate programs
June 9, 2020SAN ANTONIO (June 9, 2020) — Laredo college graduates are taking advantage of the Laredo Early Acceptance Program to be admitted into UT Health San Antonio graduate programs. The first four students will be admitted this fall. The initiative, begun in 2017, is a collaboration between the School of Health Professions and Texas A&M International […]
Researchers pinpoint a protein that may predict untreatable kidney cancer
June 4, 2020A team of researchers confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer. The researchers also showed that a higher level of the protein can be used as a marker to predict which tumors will develop treatment resistance and progress more rapidly.
UT Health San Antonio study shows Nox4 protein may predict untreatable kidney cancer
June 3, 2020SAN ANTONIO (June 3, 2020) — A team of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer. The researchers also showed that a higher level of the protein can be used as a marker to predict which […]
Risk of death twice as high among cancer patients with COVID-19
May 29, 2020Mays Cancer Center faculty members authored the data analysis involving more than 900 cancer patients.
Have you missed your cancer screenings?
May 28, 2020Mays Cancer Center experts to discuss during May 29 webinar why getting them now is important SAN ANTONIO (May 28, 2020) — Studies have shown that individuals with cancer who get COVID-19 are more than twice as likely to have poor outcomes. And with everyone staying home during the pandemic, many people have missed their […]
Risk of death twice as high among cancer patients with COVID-19
May 28, 2020SAN ANTONIO (May 28, 2020) — Cancer patients who get COVID-19 have a 13% risk of dying, more than double the rate for all patients with COVID-19 combined. The information is included in the first report by the new, international COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC-19). Three faculty members from the Mays Cancer Center, home to […]