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Targeted radiation shows promise for life-threatening kidney cancer complication
When Diane Gentry, a 71-year-old retiree from Watauga, Texas, was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2015, she learned the tumor had grown into her inferior vena cava, the body’s largest vein. This potentially life-threatening complication can require extensive surgery and carries a high risk of cancer recurrence.
CPRIT honors UTSW’s Argenbright with Texans Conquer Cancer Award
Keith Argenbright, M.D., Director of the Moncrief Cancer Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center, received the 2026 Texans Conquer Cancer Award.
What happens when a key cancer defense fails?
A tumor suppressor gene known as p53 is mutated in more than half of all cancers, but how it acts to prevent cancer formation is largely unknown.
