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

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Wednesday, 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. […]