Medical Xpress: Study shows Nox4 protein may predict untreatable kidney cancer

June 5, 2020

A team of researchers confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer. The researchers 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. Dharam Kaushik, MD, associate professor of urology, led the […]


Researchers pinpoint a protein that may predict untreatable kidney cancer

June 4, 2020

A 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.

Scrabble pieces spelling out kidney cancer


KSAT 12: People with cancer and COVID-19 twice as likely to die, new study says

June 3, 2020

Dr. Ruben Mesa, director of the Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed about the new study in The Lancet featuring data from the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium. Mesa said the results from the nearly 1,000 patients showed the death rate of cancer patients who contract COVID-19 is about 13%, twice the rate of the general population. […]



KOMO TV: Risk of death twice as high among cancer patients with COVID-19

June 1, 2020

Dr. Ruben Mesa, director of the Mays Cancer Center, is featured in this story about the results of a new COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium study published in The Lancet. According to the study, cancer patients who get COVID-19 have a 13% risk of dying, more than double the rate for all patients with COVID-19 combined. […]